On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 15:56 +0200, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: > On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 09:18:57AM -0400, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > > I would have *no problem* with an opt-in system. Instead of using > > "InOverlay" (which is a poor choice anyway... which overlay?) as some > > sort of tag, instead, assign the package to the project which maintains > > the herd the package belongs to. If the project does not want it, then > > they can add "SUNRISE" to Keywords (in bugzilla). The Sunrise project > > then has permission to do with the package as they see fit. At *this* > > point, you could use "InOverlay", since it would be pretty obvious which > > overlay it means. > > > > The real root of the problem is that packages that were once assigned to > > teams/projects are now being assigned into a generic dumping ground and > > being forgotten. You're trying to resolve this problem by moving them > > to another dumping ground, which I completely disagree with. A better > > solution would be to revert the broken behavior, and start assigning > > packages back to the projects, as it used to be done. Let the project > > decide if they want the package or not. If they don't, then they can > > simply add a single keyword and Sunrise can have at it. > > > > This pleases everyone, as packages can be maintained in Sunrise, and the > > projects still get to decide about packages that would likely affect > > them. It changes the project to an opt-in project, rather than having > > to track down things and opt-out. > > Except there is a flaw in your idea. As I see it, nothing prevents the > developers of Project Sunrise from joining each and every team > currently in existance and start marking enhancement requests > "SUNRISE", regardless of the general opinion of the team/project.
Sure there is. That is what we would call an abuse of power and should be met with the appropriate $smackdown on the developer who went and did such actions. -- Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering - Strategic Lead x86 Architecture Team Games - Developer Gentoo Linux
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