Subject: Re: pkgsrc-wip: please set MAINTAINER to your email address!
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org, pkgsrc-wip-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net>
From: Benedikt Meurer <Benedikt.Meurer@unix-ag.uni-siegen.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 06/02/2003 19:33:50
On Mon, 02, Jun 2003, Mike M. Volokhov wrote:

> Next, maintaining the package in NetBSD's pkgsrc repository isn't possible
> for not NetBSD commiters. So what a big sense to take maintainership, if you
> cannot realy maintain that package?

Thats exactly the point. pkgsrc-wip is used to test packages before merging
them to pkgsrc, but what about updates to packages? We need a solution to
this, or we will end up with lots of new packages from pkgsrc-wip and
nobody will be able to take care of updates.

> Best regards,
> Mishka.

regards,
Benedikt

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