From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EDffs-0001Nq-Ot for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 09 Sep 2005 10:00:01 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j899t7jB007775; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 09:55:07 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j899qLEt032642 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 09:52:22 GMT Received: from server1.tmkis.com ([62.216.179.226]) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EDfcB-0001E7-BX for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 09 Sep 2005 09:56:11 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server1.tmkis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39127E4161 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 11:56:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: from server1.tmkis.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (server1.tmkis.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 16317-06 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 11:56:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: from arkane.local (p54A610D6.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.166.16.214]) by server1.tmkis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07A78E4136 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 11:56:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: by arkane.local (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C283D69B75D; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 11:58:21 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 11:58:21 +0200 From: Torsten Veller To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-dev] metadata revised - removal of packages Message-ID: <20050909113006.TA94a0d.tv@veller.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-JID: tove@im.gentoo.org X-PGP-Fingerprint: 0416 3C11 8D79 65B9 AAD0 2065 BBC7 14D1 9C67 CD96 X-Face: ===_______=8)_=8)_______A_very_very_nice_face_______=8)_=8)_______=== User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r499 (Linux) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at server1.tmkis.com X-Archives-Salt: a986897d-52a2-4ab4-8904-379e62f219eb X-Archives-Hash: 27491131610349a47ebdb1a8cca7416e 1) While removing maintainers from metadata i realised (not for the first time) that i don't understand metadata :/ I thought it might be a good idea to add a new herd (maintainer-needed) for packages where the maintainer has left. I think it will make it easier for bugwranglers to assign bugs transparent that the maintainance situation has changed trackable To me maintainer-needed is always a first step before a package gets masked and removed from the tree. Well, i was told that adding the maintainer-needed herd is not a good idea and it is best to remove metadata.xml if no valuable information remains. I couldn't find information on that. Can somebody explain? 2) What is the next step after the last maintainer is removed from metadata.xml? Well i announced these packages on -dev. Now i can wait some time (how long?) and then? -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list