Fabio Valentini wrote:
I'm not really sure what you want to say here. There's a
pretty strict
policy about what changes provenpackagers are "allowed" to make to
"foreign" packages, and it doesn't include pushing minor improvements.
Well, in practice, a provenpackager can usually get away with just pushing
stuff as long as nobody complains, and in particular with just pushing
pretty much anything to effectively unmaintained packages. :-) And I don't
really see a problem with that. As long as you are not making anybody
unhappy, why would it not be OK to just push your changes? (That said, if
you are going to commit random stuff to actively maintained packages without
asking, you WILL get complaints, and rightfully so. I tend to get annoyed
even by some of the mass changes that are actually covered by the policies.)
Kevin Kofler