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Re: wip/jed and wip/xjed committer request



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

> 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.

Greg, is it okay to merge this yet? 


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