Laca, MetaTracker and it's dependcies are moved from SFE to vermillion dock yesterday. Their maintainers are:
* libgsf Halton ???(SUNWgnome-desktop-search-libs) ???* gmime Jerry Tan ???(SUNWgmime) * libgc Jijun Yu ???(SUNWlibgc) * w3m Halton ???(SUNWgnome-desktop-search-libs) * tracker Jerry Tan ???(SUNWgnome-desktop-search) I will also take maintainer as filezilla. I will not take maintainer for aspell, gvim for I have little knowleadge on them. BTW, if somebody interested in take libgsf, w3m and filezilla, I have no problem to give them out. Cheers, Halton. On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 22:32 +1300, Laszlo (Laca) Peter wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry about the long delay. Here's an update about the effort that > I posted about here[1]. > > We reviewed a lot of packages that we would like to include and > sorted them into categories: > > - Core: no equivalent functionality exists in OpenSolaris and > the quality is reasonable > - Stable: there is equivalent functionality, but some people > prefer this package and the quality is reasonable > - Encumbered: packages in this category would be nice to have > but legal issues currently prevent Sun from distributing > them. (The spec files may be available and you are > welcome to build and install them if that is legal where > you are or if you have the necessary licenses, etc...) > - Experimental: everything else > > First we would like to concentrate on Core, then Stable and finally > Experimental packages. Attached is the list of Core and Stable > packages. A "+" means we have a spec file in SFE, "-" is obviously > if we don't. The names after the packages are the people who > worked on the spec files (many thanks to them). I'm hoping that > most of these people will be interested in becoming package > Maintainers. (Of course others are welcome to get involved!) > Each package will also have a Sponsor, who is a Sun employee. > I'm writing a document about the responsibilities > of the Maintainer(s) and the Sponsor, but it's basically this: > > Maintainer: > The maintainer is ideally a person who regularly uses the package > and knows it well. Responsibilities: > - keeps the package up-to-date > - monitors bugs in defect.opensolaris.org > - interfaces with the upstream community > (submit bugs upstream, stays informed about coming changes, etc.) > > Sponsor: > - legal review > - export control > - ARC review > - other internal paperwork > > The immediate tasks for Maintainers are: > - check if the spec file in SFE is the most recent version > - check that it builds on snv_<recent> > - check that it installs cleanly > - check that it runs and basic functionality works > > If your name is on the list, or if it's not, but you would like to > be the Maintainer of a package, please reply to me (not the list!) > and let me know which one or which ones. > > Additional packages may be proposed later, but chances are they > are already in the experimental list or some other team within > Sun is already working on them. > > Thanks, > Laca > > [1] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/desktop-discuss/2007-December/011657.html > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org
