Re: [gentoo-dev] Some ideas on how to reduce territoriality

[Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@gentoo.org>]

On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 08:06:07 Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> - HOMEPAGE changes
> - LICENSE changes
> - arch-specific patches/dependencies - If someone is requesting KEYWORD
> changes on a package and it requires a patch or additional dependencies
> for your architecture, you are not only permitted, but really are
> required to make the necessary changes to add support for your
> architecture.
> - Typo fixes
> - SRC_URI changes - If the source has moved, feel free to fix it.  We
> shouldn't have to wait on the maintainer to fix something this simple.
> - *DEPEND changes due to changes in your packages - If a package that
> you maintain moves, splits, or otherwise changes in a manner that
> requires dependency changes on any other packages in the tree, you
> should make those changes yourself.  You're free to ask for assistance,
> of course, but you have the power to make the changes yourself without
> asking permission.  After all, you're the one "breaking" the package, so
> you should be the one to "fix" it.
> - Manifest/digest fixes
> - metadata.xml changes

<snip>

> So, what do you guys think?

From my maintaining perspective it is ok if language support teams come in and 
fix binding issues with packages that are not specifically for that language 
but somehow have bindings. Like emacs, bash-completion, perl, python, java, 
etc. support in subversion. I don't really know some of these languages well, 
let alone how to best support them in gentoo. I don't mind help from those 
teams to get that stuff integrated and running well.

Paul
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