From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 16D80139694 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:57:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B78BF21418B; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:57:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 71856214001 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:57:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (unknown [46.148.232.243]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: bircoph) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 26C85341A63 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:57:30 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 22:57:25 +0300 From: Andrew Savchenko To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] taking a break from arches stabilization Message-Id: <20170710225725.4c85c26a4f89fe53686f2fb2@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: References: <1897557.6sYsMVzEX5@wanheda> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.5.1 (GTK+ 2.24.30; 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: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="PGP-SHA512"; boundary="Signature=_Mon__10_Jul_2017_22_57_26_+0300_+PWGXqVgB/qio+h2" X-Archives-Salt: 972e2941-f0ec-44be-8fdd-3dbb0fe85263 X-Archives-Hash: 1e726505c87405509a669453f383957d --Signature=_Mon__10_Jul_2017_22_57_26_+0300_+PWGXqVgB/qio+h2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, On Mon, 10 Jul 2017 13:49:40 -0400 Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Agostino Sarubbo wrote: > > > > Now, since I work on these arches just to help, i.e. I don't have any b= usiness > > and I do non have any installation of those arches and the work I'm doi= ng is > > not appreciated at all I decided to stop for now. >=20 > I wouldn't say that your work is unappreciated. However, when those > are called "unmaintained" arches it reflects the fact that very few > are contributing to them. The nature of a linux distro is that one > person could be working 24x7 with bleeding fingers and it would be > like sticking a finger in a dike. It takes more than one contributor > (even a serious one) to make something like this viable. >=20 > > I will take a break also from amd64 and x86...let's see how things will > > change. >=20 > I'm not sure I really see the connection but you're of course welcome > to work on whatever you want to. In the case of amd64 we already > encourage individual package maintainers to stabilize their own > packages, and I think this is much more sustainable than having an > arch team do it. Huh? Have our rules changed? As per devmanual[1] and GLEP 40[2] stabilization must be carried out by arch teams, unless a special arrangement is done between a developer and a team. [1] https://devmanual.gentoo.org/keywording/index.html [2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GLEP:40 Best regards, Andrew Savchenko --Signature=_Mon__10_Jul_2017_22_57_26_+0300_+PWGXqVgB/qio+h2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEE63ZIHsdeM+1XgNer9lNaM7oe5I0FAllj3CYACgkQ9lNaM7oe 5I2A0w/9EWS9kqwXuM4jnbzFi0zC56mHpPi9lUc8V0RtgrseDXexst32UrJQeChJ H3GCTTV7HXHIL5jYGF9ASP8w7EdQyxhRAXNv0IabpHRPU9L6vz9J0u+LrQIYR8I3 L7r0X+KvtyKHpykyyE/uqvKtURnx3Unf/xVlhZye6bcLziXETR/m6KoC3WbSByyD +KpygXmB5pn2qyAfaN4bYncCocYnOnQHbrEmMuRzfyI8EjY1pk4Xs/qzS2tOrTTH zgx+SDK9ZB8KyE9R0vguNWYcEXTvVJAKBB5fliZltaxLW+TSJLCm1zc4CtAxPJDW ic43G9ZAXaEBgmmK8KDDMxK/lmVzaLGBZydh1dKsJSmjIB5aVGLagpzzuEL4lTYR JgZWL0YAvk8VcnHNaQ7qbNKfMiyoGFG9SvW5P45GABxWcJP82FegnVSAiRYn53tv jv2wk+MetlI3K8eCEARVUUuHzEHvJBtNHPjaxFsoZ+D3IBCoTlDEUXI4XmixD8VI 0JbeqpwqAfdnrUczqUuoKtRDVFBFbFtBJ3xF/55FCCqW5I+7JG6RLHBRwhPh2Gom NxpoUkf5I/tzhpy/tV5XK6GJ+AdMLfsyBf5RW0Au/v32g5KpQyOwL1pLmOH9zuNJ dQC/e72Xby0Pk5HTSY+OL9Kg6WmCdoEPwB4HBdKZluafSg+mFgU= =DLMl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Mon__10_Jul_2017_22_57_26_+0300_+PWGXqVgB/qio+h2--