On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 14:18:54 +0100
Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@ciaranm.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:02:17 +0200 "Kevin F. Quinn"
> <kevquinn@gentoo.org> wrote:
> | Yuck.  Devs should be free to add whatever packages they like,
> | provided they're willing to maintain them.
> 
> There're already some restrictions:
> 
> http://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/tree/index.html#what-belongs-in-the-tree?
> 
> Perhaps they should be enforced...

Yes, I have no objections to there being rules about what can and
cannot be added to the tree, and the ones in your devmanual are
clearly sensible and should be applied.  I do however object to the
suggestion that adding a package to the tree be subject to formal
approval (by whom, for a start...).

-- 
Kevin F. Quinn