Hello, I miss some bit torrent client/tracker in the list. I think that lot's of people use them, so there should be at least one in stable (if not in core) list. I vote for SFEtransmission for which I gladly be a maintainer.
Regards, Petr P.S.: Laca I'm very busy lately too (new job) so you don't need to worry about it... 2008/1/25, Halton Huo <Halton.Huo at sun.com>: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org >
