On Tue, 4 Dec 2012 18:51:36 +0000
Markos Chandras <hwoar...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Bug-wranglers are supposed to do that by default. When you see a
> non-gentoo developer in metadata.xml, the default action is to assume his is
> the real maintainer and the bugs should be assigned to him. Such
> guidance should be documented in the bug-wranglers project page and
> not on the proxy-maintainers one.
The b-w project page already explains how you can get someone in the Assignee
field: by listing them first. Nothing needs to change except people's desire to
format metadata.xml in whatever pretty pleases them. For anyone who doesn't
want to go and look it up:
The bug's Assignee field will have:
1) First listed <maintainer> from the top of the file
2) Lacking <maintainer> tags, the first listed <herd> tag
The bug's CC field will contain every <maintainer> and <herd> left, except
<upstream> ones.
Elaborate <description>Assign to this person when in doubt, but not during a
full moon</description> tags are likely to get ignored.
Tags like <maintainer restrict=">=sys-boot/grub-2">... complicate matters
slightly, but are much more useful than <description> tags (or <!-- comments
-->, FCOL) that explain intricate hierarchical maintainer modes.
Regards,
jer
