On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Dave Neary <dne...@maemo.org> wrote: > > re. Core should not be exempt: if we look at Debian, you can't become a > maintainer of a package unless the maintainer(s) invite you to be, or > the package is abandoned. I don't think any core packages will be > abandoned any time soon, so the short answer there is to start packaging > newer versions of core packages, and submitting them to the maintainer. >
What if I want to change something or add functionality to an existing package? For instance, what if I want to provide fixes or apply somebody else's fixes to improve the core UX in meego to be more suitable for the idea pad[0], and I do have the time for that. Perhaps we could at least assign a mentor or a sponsor that would review packages and upload them on my behalf? I even touched sysvinit in Ubuntu through this process[1]. Martin only physically uploaded it. > For other packages, I hope that David or Arjan have a good answer - I'd > love to see something like a package wishlist + list of orphaned > packages, where new packagers can cut their teeth. > Yes, that is highly desirable. Do we have an ITP request queue like Debian has? If not, can we please start it? We still need some people to be able to review packages or help people get their first package the #debian-mentors style , although I've seen that already happening in #meego. Do we keep this that way? > In any case, your question clarifies that we're talking about "package > maintainer" not "project maintainer", which is, as I pointed out, a > different role. > Well, in Ubuntu when you wanted to add a feature you ultimately became the package's maintainer. When writing a spec you would even detail which packages you would have to depend on, possible workflows for upgrades, interaction with packaging system etc. So development or working on a new feature at least for the first runs meant you'd be maintaining the package. Where do we stand with regard to that? I hope mentioning packages need be abandoned to be cared for by the community does not imply that's core is mostly for Intel / Nokia or other funded stakeholders in the project? And yes, I know this is not Ubuntu :) So this is only suggestions from past experiences and questions, not criticism in any way. Cheers, -Sivan [0]: http://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10739 [1]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysvinit/+bug/28447/comments/14 _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list MeeGo-dev@meego.com http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
