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Which is just a non sense. +</I> +like mysql + +><i> That's how it was in Mandriva, so the proposition is just not helping. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Each time a cleaning was attempted, someone said "but come on, we are +</I>><i> taking care of it collectively, so you cannot remove, it could still +</I>><i> help". And so almost nothing was removed. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I see no reason to think it will be different. Same situation, same +</I>><i> spirit, same users, same outcome. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Either people agree that we should have no orphans, and then the list is +</I>><i> useless, or they think we should keep orphans, and then this is causing +</I>><i> issues. Middle ground ( like "let's keep orphan for X months" ) are just +</I>><i> a variation of the first one, and so we would just be discussing the +</I>><i> duration. +</I> +imho this mailing list is only good to notify other of maintainer who aren't +active with their package, and to let people see: "oops, this one is +unmaintained, but i need it, so i'll maintain it." + +so imo it should contain information: maintainership (if any), # bugs, perhaps +even other packages that require or buildrequire it... + +i think this mailing list would be good, (not only for having no maintainer) + +><i> So let's try to make a proposal, if there is a list, after how many +</I>><i> months should a package be removed from the repository if not maintained +</I>><i> ( and by maintained, I do not say "not changes or anything", I really +</I>><i> mean "no one listed as maintainer" ) ? +</I> +otoh, this is difficult, eg: + +mysql have no maintainer atm +i want to provide mariadb as alternative, and be maintainer of that. (and drop +mysql) + +but a convergence time is required, imho. + +so, i would say, packages could be dropped if no maintainer is set for 3 +months unless someone is doing the work to get this dropped as a result of +something else. + +agreed? +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="010446.html">[Mageia-dev] Package adoption campaign, 3 months later +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="010453.html">[Mageia-dev] Package adoption campaign, 3 months later +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#10448">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#10448">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#10448">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#10448">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |