From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NpbOM-00041L-3w for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:57:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3AB62E088D; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:57:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7EBAE0748 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:56:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FC0F1B4025 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:56:53 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.034 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.034 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-1.294, BAYES_20=-0.74] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id M7GangF-tgvG for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:56:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C37481B404D for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:56:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NpbNu-0002PR-Q8 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:56:38 +0100 Received: from s0106001f3b27dbf9.mj.shawcable.net ([70.64.209.102]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:56:38 +0100 Received: from dirtyepic by s0106001f3b27dbf9.mj.shawcable.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:56:38 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Ryan Hill Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: How about a monthly bumpday? Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:58:49 -0600 Message-ID: <20100310235849.07c5882f@gentoo.org> References: <4B971B38.3070907@gentoo.org> <201003100735.32850.vapier@gentoo.org> <20100310144159.GV30005@halcy0n.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/+41y8oiX=2.XROHTyfuECRM"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: s0106001f3b27dbf9.mj.shawcable.net X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.7.5 (GTK+ 2.18.7; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) X-Archives-Salt: bbab50ab-edf0-48c5-b6d5-c4fad56c4977 X-Archives-Hash: 14bff0bf58778d4c24a7fd96fa8159e0 --Sig_/+41y8oiX=2.XROHTyfuECRM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:41:59 -0500 Mark Loeser 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 new= er version out). --=20 fonts, by design, by neglect gcc-porting, for a fact or just for effect wxwidgets @ gentoo EFFD 380E 047A 4B51 D2BD C64F 8AA8 8346 F9A4 0662 --Sig_/+41y8oiX=2.XROHTyfuECRM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkuYhp4ACgkQiqiDRvmkBmIsgwCfc8wkTmX7ndGR6PSEf7oKuAa9 ECQAn1n+1Ca6tfDFYcaXrxS9g4k9D/kS =xtzL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/+41y8oiX=2.XROHTyfuECRM--