Re: [gentoo-dev] ROX: maintainer-wanted and apps out of date

["Stephen P. Becker" <geoman@gentoo.org>]

> I think you need to rethink that. Notifying a maintainer that there is
> an update or new add on to an existing project is not really getting
> involved. It's HELPING. I realize that maintainers cannot stay on top of
> all 120,000 packages. That's where the everyday users come in. They,
> selfishly, monitor THEIR pet applications. When something slips, they
> report it via bugzilla. If the everyday users stop contributing these
> notifications, your distro is SOL.
> 
> My mistake was trying to be helpful and submitting ebuilds. Instead of
> being construed as helping, some of you perceived I was angling for a
> dev position. Why DO you have over 600 maintainer-wanted ebuilds? You
> should look into that. Could it be that 600 people who submitted an idea
> were intimidated or put off?
> 
> What I WOULD like to know is:
> 
> 1) what IS the status of svyatogor and lanius?
> 2) Who is maintaining ROX and what's going to be done about it.
> 
> Really, I don't want this thread to become a philosophical discussion on
> ebuild submission policy. You know my frustration. As a user, I just
> want to see the ROX package group updated as I noted on my first message
> and in the associated bug reports. How this devolved into this name
> calling argument over what is just criticism and ebuild style is
> completely OT and avoids the issue of the two questions above.
> 
> So, please just answer the above two questions, and we can end this
> thread. If philosophy is desired, then start a new one. I just want to
> know about ROX now.

Of course, in the time you have spent writing bitch after bitch in this 
thread, I'm sure you would have had plenty of time to apply Ciaran's 
suggestions such that your ebuilds could be accepted.

-Steve
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