I can live with the "last" maintainer putting in "orphaned" in the .info however, "most of us" should be corrected to "some of us" for the mirrors. I don't maintain such a mirror since a lot of the software doesn't interest me (and just lost a 160Gb Sata with my slackware stuff too so space is at a premium). I was thinking of a simple page on SBo for a quick review instead of having to search through the mail list and all of the info files.
On 11/15/10, Matthew Fillpot <[email protected]> wrote: > Hba, changing the maintainers name to orphaned does sound like a simpler > solution since most of us keep local mirrors. I like your recommendations > and eagerly await some input from the admins. > > - sent from my nexus one > On Nov 15, 2010 10:45 AM, "Antonio Hernández Blas" > <[email protected]> > wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:32 AM, King Beowulf <[email protected]> > wrote: >>> An orphan list on SBo would be grand; maybe a transfer of maintainer >>> section as well. A form where people can add to a wish list might also >>> be helpful. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 11/14/10, Matthew Fillpot <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> With the recent rash of maintainers giving up their builds, I would >>>> like to request for the3 admins to add a list on the website of >>>> orphaned slackbuild scripts. This will make it easier for current and >>>> potential maintainers to view a complete list of available builds that >>>> need to switch hands. >>>> I currently have a list of all orphaned builds that were announced in >>>> the last month and would gladly pass it onto the site to start the >>>> list. >>>> >>>> In addition would it be possible to add a section to the site were >>>> people can request for builds to be made of known apps, so the >>>> maintainers can also review that list for future projects? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -Thank You, >>>> -Matthew Fillpot >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> SlackBuilds-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.slackbuilds.org/mailman/listinfo/slackbuilds-users >>>> Archives - http://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/slackbuilds-users/ >>>> FAQ - http://slackbuilds.org/faq/ >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Sent from my mobile device >>> >>> You! What PLANET is this! >>> -- McCoy, "The City on the Edge of Forever", stardate 3134.0 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SlackBuilds-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.slackbuilds.org/mailman/listinfo/slackbuilds-users >>> Archives - http://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/slackbuilds-users/ >>> FAQ - http://slackbuilds.org/faq/ >>> >>> >> >> IMHO theres no need for an "orphaned slackbuild scripts list", with a >> "simple solution" as the creation of another mail list (maybe >> SlackBuilds-maintainers), so any maintainer that want to drop out the >> maintainership of his/her slackbuild should send a message indicating >> which slackbuild would be orphaned but also send an update to reflect >> this, in *.info file should be 'MAINTAINER="ORPHAN"' and >> 'EMAIL=ORPHANED"'. The Subject of the email would be "[MAINTAINERSHIP] >> SECTION/PKGNAM", for example "[MAINTAINERSHIP] system/qemu-kvm"... i >> hope there´s nobody who uses "orphaned" as its nickname :) >> >> The same situation arise when someone want to maintain an orphaned >> slackbuild, responds to the mail of the original maintainer indicating >> that he/she want to take care of the slackbuild and also should send >> an update with the *.info file updated with his/her own data in >> MAINTAINER/EMAIL variables. >> >> About the "request for builds", you can use this same mail list, but >> with a Subject to something like "[REQUEST] PKGNAM HOMEPAGE", for >> example "[REQUEST] libmodplug modplug-xmms.sourceforge.net". There´s a >> chance that someone else already has the SlackBuild, but maybe it need >> more testing... i don´t know. >> >> Sure, i know that you could just use this same mail list for >> maintainer and users (after all its just the Subject what change), but >> i thing its better organized our communication in this way. >> >> In few words, there´s a lack of communication in this community.... >> >> -- >> - hba >> _______________________________________________ >> SlackBuilds-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.slackbuilds.org/mailman/listinfo/slackbuilds-users >> Archives - http://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/slackbuilds-users/ >> FAQ - http://slackbuilds.org/faq/ >> > -- Sent from my mobile device You! What PLANET is this! -- McCoy, "The City on the Edge of Forever", stardate 3134.0 _______________________________________________ SlackBuilds-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slackbuilds.org/mailman/listinfo/slackbuilds-users Archives - http://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/slackbuilds-users/ FAQ - http://slackbuilds.org/faq/
