[gentoo-dev] Re: Some ideas on how to reduce territoriality

["Tiziano Müller" <dev-zero@gentoo.org>]

Chris Gianelloni schrieb:
> - arch-specific patches/dependencies - If someone is requesting KEYWORD
> changes on a package and it requires a patch or additional dependencies
> for your architecture, you are not only permitted, but really are
> required to make the necessary changes to add support for your
> architecture.
And what is going to happen with the patch? Should go upstream, but 
who's responsible for that?

> - Typo fixes
> - SRC_URI changes - If the source has moved, feel free to fix it.  We
> shouldn't have to wait on the maintainer to fix something this simple.
This isn't simple. I know a couple of packages where there's more than 
one upstream and there might be a good reason to not use the original 
one. But I admit that this is corner case.

> - metadata.xml changes
With limitations.

> - Version bumps where the only requirement is to "cp" the ebuild
Just "cp"'ing the ebuilds is the reason that so many ebuilds are still a 
nightmare and full of little nasty bugs.

This is a complete no-go since there are so many things a careful 
maintainer has to consider (besides checking the packages changelog, the 
dependencies, the license, the docs, etc. he should also check the ebuild).

Cheers,
Tiziano

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