On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 10:43 AM Miro Hrončok <mhroncok(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On 13. 02. 19 15:32, Fabio Valentini wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 3:23 PM Florian Weimer <fweimer(a)redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> * Fabio Valentini:
>>
>>> In the past few weeks, it has come up regularly that future
>>> "module-only" packages are orphaned (and hence will soon be
retired),
>>> and nobody stepped up to fix this issue - especially for non-leaf
>>> packages. I don't think fedora as a project has a solution for this
>>> yet.
>>>
>>> I propose to create a "Stewardship" Group / SIG that will take
care of
>>> such packages - either until a new main maintainer steps up, or until
>>> modularity matures enough so it won't be necessary anymore. (Or, until
>>> it dies a quiet death, which is always a possibility.) However, I
>>> think this is necessary until the situation stabilizes.
>>
>> The name sounds very confusing to me, considering that this seems to be
>> specific to modular content.
>
> That's why I'm asking for comments. I failed to come up with a better
> name, though.
>
> This Group / SIG would provide "classic" maintainership for otherwise
> semi-abandoned packages that only live on as franken-packages
> ("modules"), until the remaining shortcomings of modules are overcome,
> or until they are abandoned.
>
> But neither "Nostalgia SIG", "Classic Packaging SIG",
"Stewardship
> SIG", nor "Package Foster Care SIG" names describe this situation
> well, either.
> At this point, my English / foreign language skills fail me. Better
> suggestions are welcome :)
Clusterfuck Prevention SIG?
Sanity Preservation SIG. :D
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