[gentoo-dev] Re: How about a monthly bumpday?

[Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@gentoo.org>]

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On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:41:59 -0500
Mark Loeser <halcy0n@gentoo.org> wrote:

> As Mike said, for ones with maintainers, don't touch them unless you
> have explicit permission.  We have maintainers for a reason, and if you
> don't know the intricacies of the package, you shouldn't be touching it.
> You should know how it works, how to test it, and what the normal
> problems of a bump are.

And if you're already getting the maintainer to take the time to review your
work and make sure it doesn't break anything they might as well be doing the
bump themselves.

That said, I think there's still a case for taking action yourself if you
can't get a response out of the maintainer within a reasonable time and the
bump is necessary (ie. fixes a real problem, not just because there's a newer
version out).


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