-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/22/11 12:18, Markos Chandras wrote: > On 22/06/2011 06:47 ¼¼, Christoph Mende wrote: >> On Mi, 2011-06-22 at 18:33 +0300, Markos Chandras wrote: >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA512 >>> >>> On 22/06/2011 06:19 ??, Dane Smith wrote: >>>> - gpg control packet >>>> All, >>>> [..] >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> [1] >>>> http://dev.c1pher.net/index.php/2011/03/c1phers-adopt-a-package-program/ >>>> >>> Hi Dane, >>> >>> I tried to do the same a year ago. Have a look here. It may help you >>> understand why that effort did not succeed >>> >>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/dev/209204 > >> I see concerns about to-be-orphaned ebuilds where proxied maintainers >> only care about the ebuild for a short period. This would only be a >> problem with new ebuilds that will be added to the tree with a proxy >> maintainer. Instead of encouraging that, this project could have a goal >> to reduce m-n packages by assigning proxy maintainers. >> So no new packages, only old ones revived. Sounds reasonable to me. > > This is what treecleaners try to do. Announce the upcoming removal of a > package so users can step up and maintain a package >> Although I didn't read the full thread, so please don't decapitate me if >> there were other concerns. > > The purpose of Dane's proposal is to push ebuilds to portage tree that > you, as developer, have no interest in them at all, but users do. If the > proxy-maintainer disappears, you can always leave it portage tree as m-n > (assuming no open bugs) or ask treecleaners to remove it.
Yes, that was one aim, but the primary aim is to reduce m-n packages. That's what I've been doing so far and I think is what would be the primary goal of this "new" project. - -- Dane Smith (c1pher) Gentoo Linux Developer -- QA / Crypto / Sunrise / x86 RSA Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x0C2E1531&op=index -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJOAhiPAAoJEEsurZwMLhUxYJwP/0J858aORPU9EVjJZabbzpr3 mZhfp7GpNp4rdT/VWSUTpJuv3CVdPa7ui1dzg0g0liuBybB9+XuGti8MUoOL5mDi BjvYoF5GDP4G/uxB2R3ZXxEzkBU9uSZk8avzC50l/7i8NZ6GcvZ5UI+A1duCOl2x L5mJqf1vBiJFyTDD9c4cgLRkc5qe9WpQGKa+qhjot1mVf+dbWINFDO/V+cqSl8+i bUCkeg7KbnN0D7UJn7Ue+/0Cw2pNSXx4cWGVKvx+nm4xpfXhXP3/nq6UFeKFxk5u GtJXZY9i8/BFUQigfieRpNXNeBBTdnj5+ysHvy6Ic7BvW1aSkaWGbXFyy/4RrL5O b+Q4ZEzvkEqr1nbDU8GUP/qwvlhNlDlg3uGBrilVHK/kknNV4Dq/lHjWHdsWzEY3 JeAd2qXUTokhZ/hkyDJWr+WFZsFwv3xc9tGxypRCudmLxem/xtR0m5zd2eUNC1OJ ySB9b/H2/1vCie5H3zPn/Enddyx/Djr3ldRGuyZsocaOIX8mv8TWSO8gRJz2vD/9 QhHR+SO5KKcS9kGAwAS7sNhWyfquix3LgusDBHpe62Gjjxp9uH5SjQhWQTXMf6XU wnMUlW2jNVRhxCeHp+njpj345VZxbsxj1L7PGrM6QDqdUV6pvZpOTj1gvirGpLC3 026lEXTtnAnxFK/2Kuql =jL5X -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
