From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDC111381F3 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2012 15:52:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5FA78E0630; Sun, 25 Nov 2012 15:52:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 27A07E0656 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2012 15:51:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-bk0-f53.google.com with SMTP id j5so4415074bkw.40 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2012 07:51:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=cfwrmzRBgHEQwg+IUFPvHtsye1ACURAskkP7ugyewdw=; b=Ctkvx04LoJZPPdUfe9vAVWoS729XHEO2A7oEbhTYd9NM2+whECKYZepoLkkfz0HpL9 ZAItfnhALiwWwA2POMr2GTMz61x4F2gMFbndLIvcwTqob606A1nm79+jtMSZEzswLUlJ ZVfSDfeBZBEjDEEEyAbdJxhHXXrAM2wS3BkeL0/atD4TkNs7+mBL3oB3lMiWs02lH+MC lKfqHN+EcZYb70KkJMt8AkQ/pK30NbUWwJ+kZyvJyRXVsJK8h2grz5BMO78bYjygzMiN EXVhPRfYPg4UZufbojU33fnAEe24CdRMP8lRbr1hKz/ER70vI+jtkLiu6vWxVdJnQRzz BP4A== 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 Received: by 10.204.9.11 with SMTP id j11mr2614426bkj.53.1353858716647; Sun, 25 Nov 2012 07:51:56 -0800 (PST) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.12.28 with HTTP; Sun, 25 Nov 2012 07:51:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50B23CA4.90506@gentoo.org> References: <20121123022210.GE4100@comet.hsd1.mn.comcast.net> <50AF84E9.2020608@gentoo.org> <50AF8916.9070004@gentoo.org> <50B1C234.40609@gentoo.org> <50B23CA4.90506@gentoo.org> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 10:51:56 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: R65jOuY4mAGEhuhAZnjsZ803bJI Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] open season on other-dev's packages -- policy change? From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 26136a01-a5b7-4988-86dc-9ce2b765d324 X-Archives-Hash: fe9c07d52a295766c678632e0ceed408 On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina wrote: > If you horribly break my package, you may hear about it, but you > certainly won't get yelled at for fixing my bugs or bumping a package. While I think there is a balance to be found, keep in mind that you as the developer aren't the only person impacted if somebody breaks a package you maintain. Perhaps your users would prefer that people with less experience with the package not fiddle with it. If a package has a responsive maintainer, then pinging them isn't really much of a hurdle. If the package doesn't have a responsive maintainer, then perhaps that should be fixed. I'm not saying that there shouldn't be some way for maintainers to indicate when they're willing to allow others to touch packages without asking. I'm just saying that this isn't purely a matter of maintainer preference, or territorialism. Rich