[Mageia-dev] Review Of Bugs

[nicolas vigier]

On Tue, 01 Nov 2011, Maarten Vanraes wrote:

> Op dinsdag 01 november 2011 00:32:38 schreef Michael Scherer:
> [... stuff ...]
> So this mean it's preferred, that for example:
> 
> - I grab mysql and httpd
> - I do as i see fit
> - contributions to httpd (which happen), will have to ask me before doing it.
> - since i only wanted to help, i may do a bad job of maintaining it, ie: not 
> enough fixes, don't respond to others who want to patch httpd, etc...
> - perhaps i only care about stable and don't do anything on cauldron
> - i could change apache layout for cauldron to debian-style, which i think is 
> better.

Being maintainer of a package does not mean you're allowed to do anything
without discussing.

> 
> etc...
> 
> Personally, i think it's better that it gets done properly. having such a big 
> responsibility is a pretty big point...

If you don't plan to do it properly, then don't be maintainer.