1)
While removing maintainers from metadata i realised (not for the first
time) that i don't understand metadata :/
I thought it might be a good idea to add a new herd (maintainer-needed)
for packages where the maintainer has left. I think it will make it
easier for bugwranglers to assign
9.9.2005, 11:58:21, Torsten Veller wrote:
Well, i was told that adding the maintainer-needed herd is not a good
idea and it is best to remove metadata.xml if no valuable information
remains.
I couldn't find information on that. Can somebody explain?
I don't understand this idea on
On Friday 09 September 2005 05:58 am, Torsten Veller wrote:
2)
What is the next step after the last maintainer is removed from
metadata.xml? Well i announced these packages on -dev. Now i can wait some
time (how long?) and then?
and then what ? if you're proposing removal of packages due
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Mike Frysinger wrote:
On Friday 09 September 2005 05:58 am, Torsten Veller wrote:
2)
What is the next step after the last maintainer is removed from
metadata.xml? Well i announced these packages on -dev. Now i can wait some
time (how long?) and
On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 11:58 +0200, Torsten Veller wrote:
To me maintainer-needed is always a first step before a package gets
masked and removed from the tree.
Agreed. Set the herd to maintainer-needed. Since there isn't an actual
maintainer-needed herd, there's no need to add it to herds.xml
On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 09:29 -0400, Alec Warner wrote:
and then what ? if you're proposing removal of packages due solely to no
maintainer, then we're going to have to slap you around. dont remove
packages for that reason alone.
-mike
So I guess the idea would then be, how do you
On Friday 09 September 2005 14:46, Mike Frysinger wrote:
and then what ? if you're proposing removal of packages due solely to no
maintainer, then we're going to have to slap you around. dont remove
packages for that reason alone.
Exactly the point. And I follow this request. If that was the
On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 17:23:00 +0200 Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
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| Unfortunately, seems like Ciaran thinks that removing them is the
| only way to go
Uh, no, I said that the ideal thing to do would be to find a new
maintainer, or failing that remove the package. I didn't say
On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 11:58:21 +0200 Torsten Veller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
| Well, i was told that adding the maintainer-needed herd is not a good
| idea and it is best to remove metadata.xml if no valuable information
| remains.
|
| I couldn't find information on that. Can somebody explain?
On Friday 09 September 2005 12:10 pm, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 11:58:21 +0200 Torsten Veller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| Well, i was told that adding the maintainer-needed herd is not a good
| idea and it is best to remove metadata.xml if no valuable information
| remains.
|
| I
On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 17:10 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
maintained has changed considerably over the past few years. In
particular, herds are no longer a fallback for when the maintainer
(single person) is not available.
Say what? What the hell is the point of a herd, then? And when did
On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 13:49:55 -0400 Chris Gianelloni
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
| On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 17:10 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
| maintained has changed considerably over the past few years. In
| particular, herds are no longer a fallback for when the maintainer
| (single person) is
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