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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Soliciting input for a non-maintainer update (NMU)
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>>>>> On Sat, 22 Jun 2013, Robin H Johnson wrote:

> So we have:
> Who = {ANYTHING_GOES, REQUIRES_DEV, REQUIRES_HERD, REQUIRES_MAINTAINER}
> What = {NONE, TRIVIAL, MINOR_FEATURES, VERSION_BUMP, MAJOR_FEATURES}

> So most of my packages might be coded with:
> <nmu-policy who="REQUIRES_DEV" what="VERSION_BUMP" />
> <nmu-policy who="REQUIRES_HERD" what="MAJOR_FEATURES" />

> - If you're a developer, you can do trivial fixes, add minor features,
>   bump the version.
> - If you're in the herd, you can add major features.

Shouldn't this be REQUIRES_TEAM instead? A "herd" used to be a
collection of packages, whereas the devs maintaining them were called
a team. Or don't we care about this distinction any more?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/herd
a number of animals of one kind kept together under human control

Ulrich