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Of course what makes it +</I>><i> easier for one, makes it harder for another, so there needs to be +</I>><i> balance there. Sometimes our expectations are expecting too much from +</I>><i> the other who is working a lot of thankless hours to keep the distro going. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> It's all about balance and efficiency, and making it easy for people to +</I>><i> start contributing, and realizing that some jobs are more time consuming +</I>><i> than we might think. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Developing systems and protocols help keep things running efficient, and +</I>><i> moving forward. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Wayne Sallee +</I>><i> <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">Wayne at WayneSallee.com</A> +</I>><i> +</I> +All of this talk about descriptions make it sound like there should be +more of a formalized process whereby: + +* the packager gets the package ready + +*when the package is ready (in Cauldron) a message is sent out to a team +of "package description users" who make arrangements for the updated +description and translations to be included with the package + +* when the updated description and package are ready they are then +processed as per usual + +I think that it is pretty clear that packagers don't really want to deal +with updating description, but the users would like to have updated +descriptions. So, what if there was a group of users in charge of +updating the package descriptions/translations where needed? Would this +work? + +Marc + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002621.html">[Mageia-discuss] Suggestions +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002626.html">[Mageia-discuss] Suggestions +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2625">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2625">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2625">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2625">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |