Am 30.11.2010 16:12, schrieb Corinna Vinschen: > We don't have a problem with maintainance sharing and we already have > packages doing that. The X server is maintained by two guys, for > instance. But it's an item of consent between the sharing maintainers.
Sure. This won't work in competition, but only based on collaboration. > From our perspective it's rather important to have at least *one* > maintainer for a package who's willing not only to keep a package in a > good shape, but also to answer user questions on the cygwin list. This > is due to the fact that we have a rather small base of experienced users > on the list, who can help less experienced users. It doesn't help to > have thousands of packages if there's nobody who keeps an eye on the > package *and* the problems of the users. I'd rather keep an eye on the list postings, redirect non-Cygwin specifics to the fetchmail-lists (or FAQ indeed) than commit to packaging. However, there hasn't been end-user-oriented fetchmail-related disucssion on the cygwin list in a while. > Having said that, if Jason is ok with sharing maintainership between the > two of you, even if you don't participate on the cygwin ML, we're > certainly content with the arrangement. Good. Best regards Matthias
