On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote: >Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:24:34 -0500 (EST) >From: Greg DeKoenigsberg <gdk@xxxxxxxxxx> >To: List for Fedora Package Maintainers <fedora-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx> >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII >Reply-To: List for Fedora Package Maintainers > <fedora-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx> >X-BeenThere: fedora-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: gimp-print-cups > > >Perhaps the right thing to do in this kind of case is to: > >1. Move the package into extras. If no owner *immediately* steps forward, >tag it as "unmaintained". Unmaintained modules sit in CVS but never get >built. > >2. Come up with a mechanism for notifying folks about the unmaintained >modules. > >3. If a module is unmaintained for a certain period of time, we may choose >to dump it from CVS. Or not. > >That way, something like xloadimage gets archived until that time if/when >someone chooses to pick it back up. > >Just thinkin'. I agree completely with this approach, and think it is a nice organized way to tackle things. The only change I would make, would be to get you to reply underneath postings instead of on top, but that's just a technical detail. ;o) TTYL /me runs -- Mike A. Harris, Systems Engineer - X11 Development team, Red Hat Canada, Ltd. IT executives rate Red Hat #1 for value: http://www.redhat.com/promo/vendor
