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 1EEsJr-0005Hn-C1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 17:42:15 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j8CHbCbj030401; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 17:37:12 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 j8CHZWU1021773 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 17:35:32 GMT Received: from 82-41-57-20.cable.ubr08.edin.blueyonder.co.uk ([82.41.57.20] helo=snowdrop.home) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1EEsHc-0008D6-EA for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 17:39:56 +0000 Received: from localhost.home ([127.0.0.1] helo=snowdrop.home) by snowdrop.home with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EEsII-00063G-8U for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:40:38 +0100 Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:40:35 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] ROX: maintainer-wanted and apps out of date Message-ID: <20050912184035.3129f047@snowdrop.home> In-Reply-To: <200509121932.37955.carlo@gentoo.org> References: <1126447110.10560.13.camel@localhost> <200509121356.02558.carlo@gentoo.org> <20050912180325.3d9bdb08@snowdrop.home> <200509121932.37955.carlo@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.13 (GTK+ 2.6.8; i686-pc-linux-gnu) 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: multipart/signed; boundary=Signature_Mon__12_Sep_2005_18_40_35_+0100_KU.qh20IR2jP6cyE; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: ff922a75-3684-4d99-93ae-951910fb7b4f X-Archives-Hash: 6e35701d33c5110844b3987f29bb30fc --Signature_Mon__12_Sep_2005_18_40_35_+0100_KU.qh20IR2jP6cyE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:32:32 +0200 Carsten Lohrke wrote: | On Monday 12 September 2005 19:03, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: | > The easiest way to improve those ebuilds' chances | > of getting into the tree is by getting them up to a good enough | > standard that whoever picks them up is very unlikely to have to do | > major extra work on them. |=20 | To have even more unmaintained packages in the tree. The tree it is | that needs QA. If "maintainer-wanted" bugs stay open forever - who | cares. The people who work with maintainer-wanted care. | > It was discussed on this list. |=20 | Thanks for the pointer. :p So from the user point of view it's better | to file a request without attaching an ebuild, because it wouldn't | directly resolved WONTFIX?! (Before you answer that: From the user | point of view, not your's.) I mean I'm often giving a pointer on an | formal issue or a very wrong attempt, but being that strict is not | neecessary, discouraging and probably some even take the chance to | molest about Gentoo, imho. Not really. It's pretty likely that anyone who looks seriously at maintainer-wanted will include "and KEYWORDS includes EBUILD" in their search. They'll probably include "and KEYWORDS includes REVIEWED" too... --=20 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Shell tools, Fluxbox, Cron) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm --Signature_Mon__12_Sep_2005_18_40_35_+0100_KU.qh20IR2jP6cyE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDJb2W96zL6DUtXhERAlDkAJ0X43/K+3HZubef0LfujFDxOTA1jwCgyVWo JII7odnZyfYjDZnuWdZ6PG4= =pV32 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature_Mon__12_Sep_2005_18_40_35_+0100_KU.qh20IR2jP6cyE-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list