From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Florian Paul Schmidt Subject: Re: proposal: add "packagers" field (list of strings (names)) to package definition Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 19:43:14 +0100 Message-ID: <565F3BC2.1040106@gmx.net> References: <565D565C.4030208@gmx.net> <87zixtezjy.fsf@igalia.com> <565F0768.2030209@gmx.net> <20151202165019.GA3683@debian> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34557) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a4CN5-0007eb-Uw for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:43:21 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a4CN2-0006A4-OM for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:43:19 -0500 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.15]:49506) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a4CN2-00069y-FD for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:43:16 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20151202165019.GA3683@debian> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Andreas Enge Cc: guix-devel -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 12/02/2015 05:50 PM, Andreas Enge wrote: > The problem with attributions is that it is also exclusive of > others who might contribute to the package otherwise. It can create > tendencies to "own" packages, which creates a barrier for others to > modify the package; so inactive maintainers can become a big burden > to the progress of the project as a whole. Um, it's a list that can have more than one entry :) If 300 people touched a particular package definition, why not have 300 people listed (if they felt inclined to add their name)? :) Also note that a packager is very different from a maintainer. > > On the contrary to your statement, I think that Guix is > extraordinarily inclusive and welcoming for contributions; > newcomers may immediately suggest patches to all existing > packages. I didn't say it wasn't (though I do have some qualms with the mailing list workflow which might scare quite a few people off - especially people that were born in this millennium, aside from email being a fundamentally broken technology anyways - I'm an old fart that's used to them and even I was weary to sign up to yet another ML). I was saying there's a unique opportunity of it being even more so :) But it's just a proposal to ponder a bit. Flo - -- https://fps.io -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJWXzvCAAoJEA5f4Coltk8ZTAQH+gJX0Rawc4wkItYwpQmPRKFh zeupF9EXcRAHIGDNe0UYI0uJNQVmnIosqJYHowm/9tAXcueCsYQuemrF051XQdUI Afby4FHIkfux6x8Exg4VygAxkOpYPfO5rxrdgtkJx8pMsGvkYGmpjOGn6Qjev+um apL2QgnO6pw1AktL+ilxqepHV4j88J5rfPRfQqdh8RqftMvLHxtt9nXeJNbjRtXX eWRU8TTppu+o/hxKKPy/1OZO3HT7FF93qj1hd/IzYqL8i8iiVy+Cgvcsgy1cW4Zo cKQu1NlEYcvoOrLdN8Ni94j5u2wgGcKfeHZl2L1iIX9XECNbL3E/axEeCNjiOCA= =IKVx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----