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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFD] Adopt-a-package, proxy-maintenance, and other musings
From: Alec Warner <antarus@gentoo.org>
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On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On 22 Jan 2016 12:04, Alexis Ballier wrote:
> > On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 18:45:20 +0100 Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny wrote:
> > > If I see a package that clearly doesn't build or otherwise simply
> > > doesn't work, could not have worked for past 3 years, are you forcing
> > > me to waste a time reporting a bug to no maintainer who could fix it?
> >
> > sure, don't waste your time and just delete it so that nobody can track
> > why it was removed or even attempt to fix it.
> >
> > > Because to me, the lack of any open bugs is a clear evidence that
> > > the package is not only unmaintained, but also unused.
> >
> > lack of open bug means there is no known bug; anything else is pure
> > supposition
>
> this. if anything, it sounds like i need to keep open a trivial bug
> for a package to keep people from wrongly proactively tree cleaning.
>
> the # of users of a package is irrelevant. if there are (real i.e. not
> "typo in message" bugs) open, then that's a diff story.
>
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Treecleaner/Policy
I tried to write the policy as clearly as possible, feel free to request
modifications.
-A
> -mike
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quo=
te">On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Mike Frysinger <span dir=3D"ltr"><<=
a href=3D"mailto:vapier@gentoo.org" target=3D"_blank">vapier@gentoo.org</a>=
></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px=
0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);bor=
der-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">On 22 Jan 2016 12:04, Alexis Ballier=
wrote:<br>
<span class=3D"">> On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 18:45:20 +0100 Micha=C5=82 G=C3=
=B3rny wrote:<br>
> > If I see a package that clearly doesn't build or otherwise si=
mply<br>
> > doesn't work, could not have worked for past 3 years, are you=
forcing<br>
> > me to waste a time reporting a bug to no maintainer who could fix=
it?<br>
><br>
> sure, don't waste your time and just delete it so that nobody can =
track<br>
> why it was removed or even attempt to fix it.<br>
><br>
> > Because to me, the lack of any open bugs is a clear evidence that=
<br>
> > the package is not only unmaintained, but also unused.<br>
><br>
> lack of open bug means there is no known bug; anything else is pure<br=
>
> supposition<br>
<br>
</span>this.=C2=A0 if anything, it sounds like i need to keep open a trivia=
l bug<br>
for a package to keep people from wrongly proactively tree cleaning.<br>
<br>
the # of users of a package is irrelevant.=C2=A0 if there are (real i.e. no=
t<br>
"typo in message" bugs) open, then that's a diff story.<br></=
blockquote><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Proj=
ect:Treecleaner/Policy">https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Treecleaner/Po=
licy</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I tried to write the policy as clearl=
y as possible, feel free to request modifications.</div><div><br></div><div=
>-A</div><div><br></div><div>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" =
style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:r=
gb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<span class=3D""><font color=3D"#888888">-mike<br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div>
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