Kevin Fenzi wrote:
On Fri, 23 May 2008 15:28:21 +0200
pertusus(a)free.fr (Patrice Dumas) wrote:
> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 08:26:38PM -0400, Brian Pepple wrote:
>> == Fix issues caused by sponsored maintainers ==
>> If one of your sponsored maintainers is unable to fix an issue in
>> their package(s), it's up to the sponsor to step in and make the
>> needed fixes. This might include pushing a security update when the
>> maintainer is unavailable, applying a patch, removing a improperly
>> build package, or other time or security sensitive issue. Note that
>> the maintainer should be shown the fix and how to manage the issue
>> moving forward.
> There are many technical issues here. It would be nice if a sponsor
> could be in initialCC/Watchcommit/commit for all the packages of a
> sponsored person (and not by package), without needing a manual
> intervention from the sponsored person, and such that the sponsored
> person cannot revoke it. Also it should be easy to give up with those
> acls when the sponsor thinks that the sponsored person is competent
> enough.
Yeah, that would be nice. Pkgdb enhancement it sounds like...
could you file it?
Just a note: This would be a large change to the packagedb. If someone
wants to spearhead implementation of it, let me know and I'll outline
some of the changes that will need to be made.
-Toshio