Re: New version of logilab

["D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 21:14:47 +0200
Leonardo Taccari <leot%NetBSD.org@localhost> wrote:
> "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" writes:
> > [...] 
> > I see that it was imported from pkgsrc-wip where non-developers have
> > access but when it is imported shouldn't the committing developer
> > make himself the maintainer or at least use pkgsrc@?
> > [...]  
> No, non-developers can be MAINTAINERs; resetting MAINTAINER to
> pkgsrc-users@ means maintained by everyone(TM) (so that would be
> incorrect except if the original MAINTAINER asked explicitly for that
> and/or she/he is no more active/interested).
> I find that an important point of pkgsrc because it easily permit
> everyone interested to collaborate, despite being developers or
> not.

So what's the process then?  Does the maintainer provide patches and
then ask a developer to commit it?  In this case do I ask the
maintainer for permission/advice?  Or do I treat non-developer
maintainers as if it was pkgsrc@ and go ahead on my own?

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