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From: George Shapovalov <george@gentoo.org>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev]  Re: maintainer-wanted bugcount
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Monday, 26. November 2007, Markus Ullmann =D0=92=D0=B8 =D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=BF=
=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BB=D0=B8:
> Robin H. Johnson schrieb:
> > On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 10:46:12AM +0100, Markus Ullmann wrote:
> > d) In addition to c), keep them open, flagged with sunrise in the status
> >    board, so that when a developer does want some package not in the
> >    tree, they can search first.
>
> That's done already
So what's the problem?=20

The only onse where there is a valid issue, I think, are the ones where=20
upstream has gone missing or no longer supports the package. (Even "better=
=20
alternatives" thing is questionable IMHO. There are always people who have =
a=20
different idea of better :)). These can be dealt with by having a dedicated=
=20
force, perhaps comprised of people most annoyed by these bugs ;), who would=
=20
simply scan the bugzilla for maintainer-wanted bugs, check the upstream and=
,=20
if it is dead, close the bug with INVALID and a note of a dead upstream..

>
> > e) Encourage existing developers to review and commit this stuff more
> >    often.
>
> That would be the best option
Except the issue with all these packages is not committing but maintaining=
=20
them. Sure, we could go on a committing spree and never touch any of these=
=20
packages again. We even had such a situation at one point (rather long time=
=20
ago) and it is specifically discouraged now.
The "really best" option would be recruiting new devs so that we have enogh=
=20
people to maintain everything and add more, as was already suggested. This =
in=20
fact does happen, it is just that the rate of new joins cannot be infinite=
=20
plus we seem to experience our growing pains periodically..

George
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