Re: [gentoo-dev] Soliciting input for a non-maintainer update (NMU) GLEP

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> I wrote:

>>>>> On Sat, 22 Jun 2013, Robin H Johnson wrote:
>> So we have:
>> Who = {ANYTHING_GOES, REQUIRES_DEV, REQUIRES_HERD, REQUIRES_MAINTAINER}
>> What = {NONE, TRIVIAL, MINOR_FEATURES, VERSION_BUMP, MAJOR_FEATURES}

>> So most of my packages might be coded with:
>> <nmu-policy who="REQUIRES_DEV" what="VERSION_BUMP" />
>> <nmu-policy who="REQUIRES_HERD" what="MAJOR_FEATURES" />

>> - If you're a developer, you can do trivial fixes, add minor features,
>>   bump the version.
>> - If you're in the herd, you can add major features.

> Shouldn't this be REQUIRES_TEAM instead? A "herd" used to be a
> collection of packages, whereas the devs maintaining them were
> called a team. Or don't we care about this distinction any more?

Getting back on topic: Apart from this minor issue, I think that your
proposal is quite reasonable.

Ulrich