Re: [gentoo-dev] Messing with other people's packages

[Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@gentoo.org>]

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On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 19:50:11 +0100 Simon Stelling <blubb@gentoo.org>
wrote:
| > * the package is actively maintained and herded in metadata.xml
| 
| the bug is lying around for several months,
| 
| > * the package maintainer is easily contactable by irc or email
| 
| the package maintainer isn't on irc and did never comment the bug
| and your patch is only applyied on a specific arch which is CC'ed or 
| even in the AssignedTo field of the bug?

Didn't we decide that arch specific patches were a bad idea?

| Of course it's always better to ask first, but would it still be rude
| in  such a case? What if a revbump isn't needed?

Naah, if the maintainer has vanished and there's no herd backing them up
(or the entire herd has vanished) then it's a whole different story.

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Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Fluxbox, shell tools)
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