Re: [fink-core] gnome 2.4 and "gnome stewards" (was: gdm (Fink bug #658722))

[Max H. <ma...@qu...>]

Am Freitag, 07.11.03 um 20:05 Uhr schrieb Benjamin Reed:

> Max Horn wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>> are you still willing to maintain the gdm package in Fink, Patrick? 
>> You  are still set as its maintainer.
>> There is a long standing bug report open for it:  
>> <https://sourceforge.net/tracker/ 
>> index.php?func=detail&aid=658722&group_id=17203&atid=117203>
>> It would be very nice if this could be fixed. Otherwise, I fear we'll 
>>  have to remove the gdm package from Fink in all trees.
>
> Keith has a (I believe) working gdm in the gnome 2.4 tree we've been 
> working on...
>
> And on that note, I wanted to bring this up to core; I mailed msek 
> about it but haven't heard anything back yet as to his opinion, I know 
> he's insanely busy.
>
> Are there any objections to creating a list for "gnome-core" that 
> would be listed as the maintainer for gnome packages?
>
That's not possible, our lists have to start with the "fink-" prefix. 
So "fink-gnome" or "fink-gnome-core" or "fink-gnome-maintainers" would 
be possible.


> In working on the new gnome 2.4 stuff with kconger, it is clear that 
> it's a lot for any one person to handle.  Instead, we could have a 
> mailing list for gnome stuff that all of the people willing to help 
> support and maintain gnome could sign up to, to spread the load a 
> little, and then set "gno...@li..." as the maintainer of 
> all of the packages.

Sure. Except for the name (it actually makes sense, IMHO, to include 
fink-, i.e. I don't just regard it as a "limitation" by SF.net -> 
rather, if somebody would see the list name you propose, they would not 
at all associate this with Fink. Rather it looks like an "official" 
Gnome thing, which it isn't).


Max