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On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 19:50:11 +0100 Simon Stelling <blubb@g.o> |
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| > * the package is actively maintained and herded in metadata.xml |
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| the bug is lying around for several months, |
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| > * the package maintainer is easily contactable by irc or email |
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| the package maintainer isn't on irc and did never comment the bug |
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| and your patch is only applyied on a specific arch which is CC'ed or |
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| even in the AssignedTo field of the bug? |
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Didn't we decide that arch specific patches were a bad idea? |
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| Of course it's always better to ask first, but would it still be rude |
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| in such a case? What if a revbump isn't needed? |
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Naah, if the maintainer has vanished and there's no herd backing them up |
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(or the entire herd has vanished) then it's a whole different story. |
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Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Fluxbox, shell tools) |
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Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org |
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Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm |
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