Re: wip/jed and wip/xjed committer request

[Kevin Bloom <kevin.bloom%posteo.net@localhost>]

Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:

> Kevin Bloom <kevin.bloom%posteo.net@localhost> writes:
> 
> >> Did you write to $MAINTAINER?
> >
> > I have not, is that normally how it works for packages not maintained
> > by pkgsrc-users?
> 
> Yes.   The nominal approach is that each package has a MAINTAINER (an
> actual person) and they keep an eye on it.  When making changes to a
> package, beyond uncontroversial things like adjustements for pkgsrc-wide
> changes, small bugfixes, and micro updates, the norm -- not always
> followed -- is to run changes by the MAINTAINER.
> 
> THe other side of the coin is that a MAINTAINER should respond (in a
> timely manner, most of the time) to questions about proposed changes,
> either saying to go ahead or rationale why not.  You will sometimes see
> "MAINTAINER did not respond after a week" in commits, and sometimes
> something like "Reset MAINTAINER due to no response to email" which
> would happen if it's been months.
> 

I contacted maintainer but haven't heard back. It's been almost 2
weeks. I can wait longer as there isn't any rush with this update.