Re: rpms/gtkglarea2/devel gtkglarea2.spec,1.12,1.13

[Michael Schwendt <bugs michael gmx net>]

On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 10:12:07 +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote:

> On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 16:30 -0500, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> > Author: mschwendt
> > 
> > Update of /cvs/extras/rpms/gtkglarea2/devel
> > In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv2108/gtkglarea2/devel
> > 
> > Modified Files:
> > 	gtkglarea2.spec 
> > Log Message:
> > Build disabled. Package is without maintainer.
> 
> This package clearly provides evidence of why "orphaning packages" is
> unnecessarily strict, and why adding additional states of package
> maintainership are useful 
> (c.f.
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-list/2006-March/msg00149.html)
>
> I have this package in a dep chain of a package I am using outside of
> Fedora, and therefore had expressed my will to "have an eye on this
> package" but am not interested in permanently maintaining this package.
> 
> Apparently others (notably Gerard Milmeister, he recently seems to have
> adapted the spec to FC5) are in a similar position.

No, not a similar position. Gerard _depends_ on this package within FE
(lablgtk). Which is why last night in the Wiki I moved this package from
the list of "packages without maintainer" to "potentially orphaned
packages". Note that I did not delete the binaries. However, owners.list
does not reflect your (or Gerard's) interest in this package.

> Here FESCo's policy of "strict maintainer<->package" apparently fails,
> while collaborative, "keep package alive-maintainership" wouldn't be a
> problem (gtkglarea2 is discontinued and stagnating for years,
> nevertheless it still works and is being used).

See above. Add yourself to CC in owners.list (provided that this feature
still works or will be corrected if it is broken).