From: Markos Chandras <hwoarang@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in dev-python/PyZilla: PyZilla-0.1.0.ebuild ChangeLog metadata.xml
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:29:27 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110327102927.GA14498@Eternity> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik=cLPnD5Y7akyM0xsPgOC7+cvVOh=bj1Opir_y@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 01:17:46PM +0530, Nirbheek Chauhan wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Jeremy Olexa <darkside@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > On 03/26/2011 12:52 AM, Mike Frysinger (vapier) wrote:
> >
> >> Index: metadata.xml
> >> ===================================================================
> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> >> <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
> >> <pkgmetadata>
> >> <herd>no-herd</herd>
> >> <maintainer>
> >> <email>maintainer-needed@gentoo.org</email>
> >> </maintainer>
> >> </pkgmetadata>
> >
> > Can this practice of adding m-n packages to gentoo-x86 be stopped? If you
> > add it, take responsibility for it, please. If you don't want to take
> > responsibility for it, at least find a team that is willing to look after
> > it.
> >
>
> If you prohibit people from doing that, they'll just commit it
> normally, and then remove themselves a week later.
>
> I propose that we should be more aggressive about package.masking (for
> removal) all maintainer-needed packages from the tree by doing that
> one month after they become maintainer-needed. If someone doesn't
> volunteer to take care of it, it probably wasn't important anyway.
>
> --
> ~Nirbheek Chauhan
>
> Gentoo GNOME+Mozilla Team
>
Uhm no. The fact that nobody takes care of it doesn't necessarily mean
that the package is broken and that it should be removed
Regards,
--
Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
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2011-03-27 4:45 ` [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in dev-python/PyZilla: PyZilla-0.1.0.ebuild ChangeLog metadata.xml Jeremy Olexa
2011-03-27 7:47 ` Nirbheek Chauhan
2011-03-27 10:29 ` Markos Chandras [this message]
2011-03-27 9:39 ` Nirbheek Chauhan
2011-03-27 13:04 ` Treeclean all maintainer-needed packages, was: " Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
2011-03-27 15:37 ` Ryan Hill
2011-03-27 13:30 ` Jeremy Olexa
2011-03-27 13:43 ` Nirbheek Chauhan
2011-03-27 19:17 ` Alec Warner
2011-03-27 19:40 ` Nirbheek Chauhan
2011-03-27 20:17 ` Alec Warner
2011-03-27 21:25 ` Nirbheek Chauhan
2011-03-27 23:34 ` Ryan Hill
2011-03-28 1:59 ` Donnie Berkholz
2011-03-27 20:44 ` Rich Freeman
2011-03-27 21:09 ` Nirbheek Chauhan
2011-03-28 1:58 ` Donnie Berkholz
2011-03-27 21:28 ` René 'Necoro' Neumann
2011-04-05 4:26 ` Jeroen Roovers
2011-04-05 10:58 ` Alec Warner
2011-04-05 15:08 ` Jeroen Roovers
2011-04-18 17:56 ` Andreas K. Huettel
2011-03-27 13:44 ` Rich Freeman
2011-03-27 14:54 ` Tomáš Chvátal
2011-03-27 16:18 ` Rich Freeman
2011-03-27 14:08 ` Maintainership offering; was: " René 'Necoro' Neumann
2011-03-27 19:05 ` Jeremy Olexa
2011-03-27 20:20 ` Proxy maintainership of app-misc/pwsafe, was " Christopher Head
2011-03-27 20:47 ` Nirbheek Chauhan
2011-03-27 20:55 ` René 'Necoro' Neumann
2011-03-27 20:55 ` David Abbott
2011-03-27 21:32 ` Nirbheek Chauhan
2011-03-29 17:50 ` Dirkjan Ochtman
2011-03-29 13:33 ` Jeroen Roovers
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