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From: Jason Wever <weeve@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP: Standardizing "arch" keywording across all archs
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 01:43:17
Message-Id: 20050909194048.393b81b3@enterprise.weeve.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP: Standardizing "arch" keywording across all archs by Maurice van der Pot
1 On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 19:18:41 +0200
2 Maurice van der Pot <griffon26@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > What's the definition of a "non-arch dev"? Is it a dev not in an arch
5 > team?
6
7 That would be my understanding.
8
9 > And the final paragraph:
10 > "Ciaranm and weeve have noted that it is occasionally necessary for
11 > arch teams to override a package maintainer when it comes to stabling
12 > a package. Stuart has asserted that in those cases the arch team
13 > should be willing to take on the support burden for that package."
14 >
15 > Overriding here means stabling before the maintainer does it, not
16 > keeping it in unstable while the maintainer wants to mark it stable,
17 > right?
18
19 Mostly us needing to stabilize sooner, but in some cases the opposite is
20 true as well (for instance cases where it works for some but not
21 others).
22
23 Cheers,
24 --
25 Jason Wever
26 Gentoo/Sparc Team Co-Lead

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Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP: Standardizing "arch" keywording across all archs Maurice van der Pot <griffon26@g.o>