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On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> wrote: |
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> I don't mind adding that link to every package mask. Do note thought |
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> that this is not the only way for a package to be rescued (assuming it |
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> can be rescued). Providing fixes without becoming the maintainer is |
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> also a viable solution, which is probably something we need to add to |
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> that page as well. |
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I started something at: |
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http://dev.gentoo.org/~rich0/treeclean.txt |
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It needs some work, and guidexmlification. However, I tried to hit |
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some of the alternatives. |
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I'd like to work on this a bit more to try to urge people to make more |
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lasting contributions. Most Gentoo users are sufficiently capable |
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that they could make real contributions to the distro. Sure, not |
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everybody is an expert at everything, but the proxy maintainer project |
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has been more active than it ever has been so now is a good time for |
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users to step up and pitch in where they can. Maybe they can't save |
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their own favorite package, but they might be able to save somebody |
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else's, and vice-versa. |
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Sure, moving to git or gerrit or whatever will make it even easier to |
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contribute, but the fact is that simply implementing technology |
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doesn't make up for the fact that somebody still needs to write the |
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patches. |
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Rich |
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