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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] The Dreaded herd tag
From:       Jim Ramsay <lack () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2006-10-30 17:54:15
Message-ID: 20061030175415.GA4296 () woodpecker ! gentoo ! org
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On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 11:09:53AM -0500, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-10-28 at 08:28 +0200, George Shapovalov wrote:
> > Wanna guess how many of those happen to be stale?
> 
> I would suspect fewer than you think.  As an example, I have a few
> packages which belong to no herd, but have me listed as maintainer.
> Many of the no-herd packages are the same.  Not being grouped with other
> packages doesn't mean it is unmaintained.

I agree.  All my rox stuff (rox-base/* and rox-extra/*) kind of
fits into many different herds.  Or no herd.  Or maybe its own
new herd.

> So this bears the question, what is the proper solution?
> 
> Make <herd> optional?
> Force the maintainer's email into <herd> for packages without a herd?

Or force each maintainer of herdless packages to create their own
special herd.  Which I may end up doing with my rox packages
anyway.

-- 
Jim Ramsay
Gentoo/Linux Developer (rox)

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