There seems to be only one maintainer to whom BZ requests are submitted: Itamar Reis Peixoto Not clear if he is even getting these requests.\ Ranjan On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 21:43:46 +0200 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 08:16:45 -0500, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > Since I don't see how one can compel an owner to inform all when he > > leaves (unless done voluntarily), perhaps one way out could be to have > > co-maintainers be informed if BZ requests have not been acted (not > > necessarily resolved) on for more than a month (pick a reasonable > > timeframe)? > > They should know already. Co-maintainers can choose not to be added to > bugzilla Cc in case they receive too much bugzilla traffic for other > packages. But real co-maintainers would _actively_ monitor and respond > to bugzilla traffic as well as keep an eye on pkg git commit notifications. > > In Fedora pkgdb you can see how many maintainers receive bugzilla traffic > for a package. If there are multiple people with "watchbugzilla" access > in pkgdb, but the tickets in bugzilla are not responded to, that may > be reason to be concerned. Consider contributing in such a case. > > > At the same time, requests could go out for more > > co-maintainer (volunteers) if the number of co-maintainers drops > > precipitously low? > > Difficult to answer. Some package owners don't like to have co-maintainers. > They fear a package might be "taken away" from them or that they lose control > over the package if somebody else is more active. > Hence it better be the opposite, that people with interest in a package > try to get involved sooner and become co-maintainers even in cases where > some "primary maintainer" seems to be active enough. Of course, once you > volunteer, it could happen that a maintainer would happily give away a > package to you and focus on something else. > > -- > Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle) - Linux 3.5.3-1.fc17.x86_64 > loadavg: 0.05 0.24 0.25 > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
