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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Herd likely up for grabs: kernel-misc
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:39:36
Message-Id: CAGfcS_nU5jqjoqbJtu+x9GsAtA3ex8fE0s3GCoCG+_MJ=2ySDA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Herd likely up for grabs: kernel-misc by Mike Frysinger
1 On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote:
2 > On 18 Jan 2016 00:57, Joshua Kinard wrote:
3 >> On 01/17/2016 14:57, Michał Górny wrote:
4 >> > sys-apps/kexec-tools :
5 >>
6 >> Better suited for base-system, maybe?
7 >>
8 >> > sys-fs/jfsutils :
9 >>
10 >> Definitely base-system, as xfsprogs is already maintained by them.
11 >
12 > sounds fine for both. generally fs tools probably should live under
13 > base-system for consistency.
14
15 Nothing wrong with consistency, but I'd prefer a package to be placed
16 under the base-system project because the base-system project members
17 intend to maintain it. I don't want to see packages placed into
18 projects simply because they're similar to other packages in those
19 projects if it means they'll just be neglected.
20
21 I have no idea which is the case here. If the base-system maintainers
22 want to maintain these two packages, have at it! If not, leave it as
23 maintainer-needed.
24
25 --
26 Rich

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Herd likely up for grabs: kernel-misc Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>