From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K36BW-0007V1-K5 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:18:34 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 82372E05A1; Mon, 2 Jun 2008 09:18:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EF99E05A1 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2008 09:18:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.3] (195.181.219.87.dynamic.jazztel.es [87.219.181.195]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64D2B663A8 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2008 09:18:31 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <4843BADF.8080800@gentoo.org> Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:18:23 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?UmHDumwgUG9yY2Vs?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080421) 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 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for June References: <20080601093002.43105672F6@smtp.gentoo.org> <4842DF48.4040707@gentoo.org> <20080601155458.6b4edaf2@halo.dirtyepic.sk.ca> In-Reply-To: <20080601155458.6b4edaf2@halo.dirtyepic.sk.ca> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 7509541b-e27e-46c9-b6e9-3adf45207b51 X-Archives-Hash: 847ecd6d5af476c38d44e2611321f440 Ryan Hill wrote: > On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:41:28 +0200 > Ra=C3=BAl Porcel wrote: >=20 >> Requesting ~arch keywords: Is a maintainer able to request ~arch=20 >> keywords, if the package is not a dependency of some other package >> which is keyworded, and the maintainer doesn't have that arch? >=20 > Yes. Last time I looked anyone could request a keyword. >=20 >> IMHO the packages should be keyworded if an arch team member or an >> user of that arch requests it. Keywording something if an user of >> said arch doesn't request it, is a waste of resources. >=20 > How is making things available to your users a waste of resources? > Anyways, if you're so far behind that you don't think you can manage > keywording another package then just say so and deny the request. >=20 > What does this have to do with council? >=20 And whats the point of having some package keyworded if nobody is going=20 to use it? I don't care anyway, i just want an official clarification, personally i=20 tend to keyword stuff if i think its going to be useful. Thing is, whats the difference in a maintainer asking for a package to=20 be keyworded and keywording all the packages in the tree? --=20 gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list