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William Hubbs schrieb: |
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> Chithanh, please stop me and correct me if I am wrong. |
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> The way I understand what you are saying is that you believe the |
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> maintainers have absolute authority over what happens with their |
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> packages. So if I file a bug against a package requesting a change that |
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> I think would bring the package more in line with the gentoo philosophy for |
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> example and explain to the maintainer why I think that is the case and |
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> He closes my bug invalid or wontfix, you feel that I should not take my |
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> concerns to qa or the council. correct? |
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If you can demonstrate that the package is in violation of policy, or |
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there is an immediate danger to users' Gentoo installations, then of |
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course you can expect QA or the council to step up and make the |
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necessary changes. |
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If however there is no policy which mandates such a change, and all |
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attempts to resolve the issue directly with the maintainer are |
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unsuccessful, then you can still come to the council and we will try to |
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mediate. But I do not support forcing your view over the maintainer's. |
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> What happens if I am actually a co-maintainer but another co-maintainer |
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> blocks my changes? |
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If the maintainers are part of a team or project, then the (elected) |
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lead can decide. If not, then they will have to reach consensus somehow. |
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> imo there should be, and is, an arbitration path for this sort of thing. |
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Mediation, yes. Binding arbitration, no. |
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Best regards, |
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Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn |
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