Make pkgdb grant co-maintainer status automatically? (was Re: Non-responsive maintainer fast track procedure for libsndfile)

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Tue Jul 6 23:50:42 UTC 2010


Till Maas wrote:
> We can use "uberpackagers" ;-) or maybe "package-monkeys", make it a SIG
> and then it is afaik already covered by Fedora procedures, because a SIG
> or group of packagers can own a package, like e.g. the lvm-team.
> 
> Orcan, Richard, who else is in?

As an "inclusionist" and someone who has often stepped in to fix broken 
dependencies in, uhm, "very passively maintained" packages, count me in!

I think it's in almost all cases better to have a package than not to have 
it, even if it's not well maintained.

        Kevin Kofler



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