Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in dev-python/PyZilla: PyZilla-0.1.0.ebuild ChangeLog metadata.xml

[Jeremy Olexa <darkside@gentoo.org>]

On 03/27/2011 02:47 AM, Nirbheek Chauhan wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Jeremy Olexa<darkside@gentoo.org>  wrote:
>> On 03/26/2011 12:52 AM, Mike Frysinger (vapier) wrote:
>>
>>> Index: metadata.xml
>>> ===================================================================
>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>>> <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
>>> <pkgmetadata>
>>> <herd>no-herd</herd>
>>> <maintainer>
>>>    <email>maintainer-needed@gentoo.org</email>
>>> </maintainer>
>>> </pkgmetadata>
>>
>> Can this practice of adding m-n packages to gentoo-x86 be stopped? If you
>> add it, take responsibility for it, please. If you don't want to take
>> responsibility for it, at least find a team that is willing to look after
>> it.
>>
>
> If you prohibit people from doing that, they'll just commit it
> normally, and then remove themselves a week later.

Why does anyone need to *add* a package that is maintainer-needed? This 
is one of the problems of the gentoo-x86 tree - too many 
maintainer-needed packages. It is a bad thing for our users because when 
they submit bugs and/or fixes, they go [generally] unnoticed for ages. 
Also, as you may know, the treecleaner team is constantly "fighting" 
with removing m-n packages.

The tree has 679 m-n packages. 
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/treecleaners/maintainer-needed.xml

>
> I propose that we should be more aggressive about package.masking (for
> removal) all maintainer-needed packages from the tree by doing that
> one month after they become maintainer-needed. If someone doesn't
> volunteer to take care of it, it probably wasn't important anyway.
>

That is abit extreme for me (read: I don't have motivation to fight the 
flames), but I wouldn't complain if someone else did it to be honest.

-Jeremy