Re: Package Maintenance

[Koen Kooi <k.kooi@student.utwente.nl>]

On 24-03-09 21:01, Chris Larson wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Tim Ellis<tim@ngndg.com>  wrote:
>> I am happy with whatever the outcome of this is as long as my packages as
>> specified in the MAINTAINERS file end up being maintained by me - we should
>> start whatever changes by transferring the information there to wherever it
>> is destined to go and then assessing the logs of individual packages imho.
>> Once a decision has been made getting devs that are listed there to transfer
>> the information would be a good way to see who is active and actually wants
>> to maintain their packages.
>>
>> I don't really have a problem with the way it is at the moment to be honest
>> and try to contact people using git log on packages and the MAINTAINERS file
>> if I have a need to touch other packages, which isn't really that hard!
>>
>
> I don't think the current method is difficult, persay, but rather I'd
> like to see:
> - More individual responsibility in the project in general,
> particularly in class and recipe maintenance.

I'm all for that.

> - Clearer delineation between what gets the most attention and what does not.

This kind of 'passive' QA can be quite usefull, I really hope someone 
gets Junqians suggestion working so we have some hard data.

regards,

Koen