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On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 22:09 +0200, Robert Cernansky wrote: |
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> On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:49:02 +0200 Alexandre Buisse <nattfodd@g.o> wrote: |
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> > On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 21:27:31 +0200, Robert Cernansky wrote: |
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> > > I just understand it so, that if a user submits a new ebuild he has to |
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> > > in fact maintain it. So overall maintenance time required by his |
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> > > operating system will be pretty high. Because besides the |
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> > > 'emerge --sync' and 'emerge -u world', he needs take care of "his" |
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> > > ebuilds. |
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> > I think you misunderstood luis' proposition. Everything would go on |
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> > as now, including users submitting ebuilds on bugzilla and not |
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> > "maintainaing" them anymore, but there would also be the solution of |
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> > asking to do more and being |
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> > a user_maintaining_an_ebuild_through_a_proxy_dev. If you don't want |
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> > to do that or don't have the time, and I expect it will be the case |
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> > of 99.9% of the users, it's fine. This project is only here for the |
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> > remaining 0.1 %. |
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> So it is something like communication channel between developers and |
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> users willing to maintain some ebuild? If yes, it is great. I see no |
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> problem then. |
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> Robert |
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Not only for communication but to help developers too. I'm a |
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proxy/sponsor for a few packages and i'm very happy with the procedure. |
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Users maintain the best they can and we review their work and commit. |
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This is very good because we can teach anything users need and it's a |
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good thing too increase communication as long as everybody follow the |
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policies. |
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