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 DD7BD138010 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:40:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4BF5BE077C; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:40:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-f170.google.com (mail-ie0-f170.google.com [209.85.223.170]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 609D9E0757 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:40:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f170.google.com with SMTP id c11so6477325ieb.15 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 05:40:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=MvoRlG9OOwOiI2KkYEOqJaShkeMPAXWGjfnUYlmduVc=; b=Ozdeaw7tYtB7mhDZEzsOTaHc81cJcV4x7XcdvkphM7F4XdWLLqEdeJDvhvN3Y+Ajwt 90pC15vKa8MhHZnvOv523H8WZX8RK0uH176EkgKQYEIzeoYPkPyH26uXM3L8bEb7++7n v7A3olR3t31nromrqy7lbrBe7EFBCWHY2SI4pLdT5O6HDukCZfa3fp7e7LRW35Imwzhm P1/i346MBBLWVE0r1u2mk7R+mGVezgCw1i4eRR3EW1m4Nf32vf/1wcVhZlQ6xiasqwVG 6NByhv9oSMckl1uWn+VGva/qqy7cHIIbo273A9T94CVghkGxNfoiq0GEvexbO3bkMzHx 7iEg== 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 X-Received: by 10.50.49.83 with SMTP id s19mr5498341ign.47.1364128817701; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 05:40:17 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.64.135.36 with HTTP; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 05:40:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <514EF230.9000005@gentoo.org> References: <514CE32C.7090509@gentoo.org> <20130324091557.ED2AB8B7870@amit.localdomain> <514ED8B5.4010505@gentoo.org> <514EED78.2030601@gentoo.org> <514EF230.9000005@gentoo.org> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 08:40:17 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: wrrof0Aj5uJxLWrHuw9nZvXYWIM Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: app-text/cuneiform From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 9ec7c02d-14dc-4a4f-a0c8-905a76f35282 X-Archives-Hash: 89e0120acc4334f992aeb8a59f1ddeeb On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Markos Chandras wrote: > I don't mind adding that link to every package mask. Do note thought > that this is not the only way for a package to be rescued (assuming it > can be rescued). Providing fixes without becoming the maintainer is > also a viable solution, which is probably something we need to add to > that page as well. I started something at: http://dev.gentoo.org/~rich0/treeclean.txt It needs some work, and guidexmlification. However, I tried to hit some of the alternatives. I'd like to work on this a bit more to try to urge people to make more lasting contributions. Most Gentoo users are sufficiently capable that they could make real contributions to the distro. Sure, not everybody is an expert at everything, but the proxy maintainer project has been more active than it ever has been so now is a good time for users to step up and pitch in where they can. Maybe they can't save their own favorite package, but they might be able to save somebody else's, and vice-versa. Sure, moving to git or gerrit or whatever will make it even easier to contribute, but the fact is that simply implementing technology doesn't make up for the fact that somebody still needs to write the patches. Rich