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Hi All, |
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Consider this both a rant and a GLEP pre-proposal. When we created the |
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idea of herds back in the day, there was a clear distinction between a |
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herd and a team (and a project). Over time, those definitions have |
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become blurry. I would like emphasise: |
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A herd is a group of like *packages* |
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A team is a bunch of people who share a common goal (sometimes to |
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maintain a herd of packages). |
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A herd is also a bunch of mindless beasts who follow each other. |
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To that end, it's been brought up that perhaps the metadata.xml files |
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are partly to blame, in that they imply that the package is maintained |
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by a herd. There is not maintainer-team listed, just a herd. |
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So, I would like to propose that we make this distinction clearer in the |
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metadata.xml files. I'm interested in thoughts that people have on |
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this, but please do cc: me in your response to be assured that I read |
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it. |
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Thanks, |
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Seemant |
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