On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 22:09 +0200, Robert Cernansky wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:49:02 +0200 Alexandre Buisse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 21:27:31 +0200, Robert Cernansky wrote: > > > > > I just understand it so, that if a user submits a new ebuild he has to > > > in fact maintain it. So overall maintenance time required by his > > > operating system will be pretty high. Because besides the > > > 'emerge --sync' and 'emerge -u world', he needs take care of "his" > > > ebuilds. > > > > I think you misunderstood luis' proposition. Everything would go on > > as now, including users submitting ebuilds on bugzilla and not > > "maintainaing" them anymore, but there would also be the solution of > > asking to do more and being > > a user_maintaining_an_ebuild_through_a_proxy_dev. If you don't want > > to do that or don't have the time, and I expect it will be the case > > of 99.9% of the users, it's fine. This project is only here for the > > remaining 0.1 %. > > So it is something like communication channel between developers and > users willing to maintain some ebuild? If yes, it is great. I see no > problem then. > > Robert > > Not only for communication but to help developers too. I'm a proxy/sponsor for a few packages and i'm very happy with the procedure. Users maintain the best they can and we review their work and commit. This is very good because we can teach anything users need and it's a good thing too increase communication as long as everybody follow the policies.
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