From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 325C5198005 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2013 03:42:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9AAAFE05ED; Tue, 5 Mar 2013 03:41:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B41C6E05D7 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2013 03:41:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from marga.jer-c2.orkz.net (D4B2706A.static.ziggozakelijk.nl [212.178.112.106]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jer) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 71F9833DDD7 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2013 03:41:51 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 04:41:47 +0100 From: Jeroen Roovers To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] proxy-maintainers herd as a backup herd for all the user-maintained packages Message-ID: <20130305044147.6cb533dc@marga.jer-c2.orkz.net> In-Reply-To: <5133A5FC.5050700@gentoo.org> References: <5133A5FC.5050700@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.12; i686-pc-linux-gnu) 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: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 71ff9479-48fe-484c-8767-7cfb3c9e7bcb X-Archives-Hash: e44537f430a143325a45b15496134d69 On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:35:24 +0000 Markos Chandras wrote: > A number of packages in the tree are maintained by a Gentoo developer > and a user. As a result of which, we are unable to monitor these > packages in bugzilla. This is useful in case one of the maintainers > goes MIA so we can find an alternative maintainer for them. So I am > kindly asking you to add the proxy-maintainers herd as a backup herd > for the packages that you proxy-maintain. I will go ahead and do it > myself in two weeks if you don't want to bother fixing your metadata. > If you want your packages to be excluded please let me know. This is > mainly for tracking purposes and we don't intend to take over the > maintainership of your packages (unless you want us to). Excellent idea. But how will proxy-maint@ devs know not to "take over"? jer