[gentoo-project] Council: Policy for Systemd units

[Rich Freeman]

Alas, I couldn't attend the council meeting in-person, but it seems
like council missed the point of my request RE commits against
maintainer wishes (or maybe not - if so I'll happily shut up as far as
persuading the council goes).  That said, I expressed it as a general
request in the hope to not have something systemd-specific, and it
sounds like that is not desired.

Picking just a single quote that I think gives the sense of the discussion:

<11.06.2013 19:10> <@Betelgeuse> Still I don't think policies
necessary need adjusting
<11.06.2013 19:10> <@Betelgeuse> If you need something system wide
with opposition then ask council on a case by case basis

So, what we need system-wide with clearly stated opposition on -dev is
permission to add unit files to individual packages when the package
maintainer doesn't want this done.

I'd ask that the council consider explicitly permitting this.  If not
you're just going to get an agenda item for specific exceptions for
the 10 packages that the maintainer blocked adding units to that
particular month.  Either that or you'll see 10 new packages with
co-maintainers where the two maintainers are in complete disagreement,
or the one who actually cares about the package and not the unit file
quits and the package stagnates as a result.  Nobody needs council
permission under the current policies to become a co-maintainer.  I
really see this as a case where lack of direction from above is just
going to lead to a lot of fighting at the ground level.

If the council isn't willing to make policy regarding adding units to
packages, just where do they expect them to go?

Rich