On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 16:36:14 +0200
Stefan Schweizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> >> this does not allow the actual maintainer to close the bug and
> >> causes a lot of bugspam for a person who does not care about it
> >> and should be only contacted in the end to commit
> >> fixes/patches/bumps.
> > Shouldn't matter too much as a gentoo dev is still responsible for
> > the package? 
> 
> of course he is still responsible. Does not mean he likes to get 10
> mails about people asking for stable keywords and arches stabilizing
> every month.

That comes with being responsible for a package in Gentoo. Live with
it.

> > Nobody shoud be adding stuff to portage without taking 
> > responsibility for it.
> 
> I am not adding stuff. I am fixing existing packages. And I am taking
> responsibility. The maintainer can always assign me bugs if he thinks
> I should take care of them and I read and take care of them anyway
> because I am on maintainer-needed.

That's fine and all, but it sort of sets a precedent - not everyone is
on maintainer-needed.

> PS: mailing lists are a bit broken. 3 people answer me and ask almost
> the same and I answer almost the same again ..

Then answer in only one subthread, and rest of them will die... :)

Kind regards,
-- 
Andrej Kacian

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