From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NWgLr-0003c0-0g for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:24:19 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6E0D5E084B; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:23:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f228.google.com (mail-fx0-f228.google.com [209.85.220.228]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 254F9E084B for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:23:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm28 with SMTP id 28so435510fxm.26 for ; Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:23:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=t98b/HsC1OYcgU/tE1xauhMMxFDOTVSXWyfx2WUJaj8=; b=RlJvQF1buJN/qR9aOiI8Ez//4PjMXVFffW0cOcQ4W4BILrAU5t4JCx0bsrwzOWHt7E hCtn/GyfS2FPsLiN6Ru6m5W6Z5vraD4xtoU/emXB8Z4eSLNtqYr6pYOnis1kA53MspUs Or9XzPGL/fXWS58veaqSWyyX3eB0S1JmLqiyQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=EecvAzzvPha8OD/OVFCZzCSP2l2raIRZ52xu3O+KI19n2YL/A7VchQWU0O40WuvCnn AO0XpN83pgPSY6WRIYdlxlg+Q/KXo1eFcbWqpGHpP/dWVvmbO6GglHWlFVafViB2Kpc+ ZO0K8jCxPjhsgp7fJlwiKBUK+vcUMNdqFifX8= 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 Sender: yngwin.gentoo@gmail.com Received: by 10.239.134.18 with SMTP id 18mr567061hbx.42.1263777810369; Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:23:30 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201001172325.47747.bangert@gentoo.org> References: <201001112305.16532.hwoarang@gentoo.org> <201001172120.48648.bangert@gentoo.org> <201001171612.29206.vapier@gentoo.org> <201001172325.47747.bangert@gentoo.org> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:23:30 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: c671590c4e3ea422 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: net-nntp/inn From: Ben de Groot To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 83d92e8f-81d5-40da-9d5e-52fd0305ce5f X-Archives-Hash: 03d9d925e0a8e046833301f8a7e5d101 2010/1/17 Thilo Bangert : > no - i wasn't talking about maintainer-needed bugs. it is my impression, > that many apparently maintained packages have simple bugs lingering for > extended periods of time. Fx. users reporting bugs AND supplying fixes, > ready to be committed. > > i dont want to step on anyones toes, which is why this may need to be put > in place carefully - but i do think it would improve average quality of > the tree. What about something like: if a bug has been open for 2 months without any apparent maintainer activity, anyone can step in and commit a fix? Cheers, -- Ben de Groot Gentoo Linux developer (qt, media, lxde, desktop-misc) ______________________________________________________