Re: wip/jed and wip/xjed committer request

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Kevin Bloom <kevin.bloom%posteo.net@localhost> writes:

>> > 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.
>
> Greg, is it okay to merge this yet? 

Yes, that's long enough.   I have been distracted but it builds for me
so I committed it.