On 3 June 2010 20:54, Jeroen Roovers <j...@gentoo.org> wrote: > There is a real problem with herds that have a single or no > maintainer, the former mainly because that could very well lead to > another case of the latter, and we should certainly address both > problems, but we should create as little as possible new problems in > the process.
Also, there are herds that have several members, but none of them is really active (games, most of the desktop-* herds, etc.). This also leads to users being discouraged because the bugs they file are left ignored. This needs a structural solution. I think we need a team to systematically look at open bugs and to notify the community of such problematic herds. I imagine this would be a QA subproject. Then we also need some structure to redirect some dev love to these problematic areas. We need to advertise these needs more, to get trusted users to proxy-maintain. We need to streamline the recruitment process to make it easier for people who want to volunteer to become devs. And I could go on for a while. There are a lot of areas where Gentoo has a lot of room for improvement, and they all interlock. I believe we need to formulate a vision of what we want Gentoo to be, and then develop strategies of how to get there. Having a team that systematically looks at the state of herds as well as open bugs is --in my opinion-- a crucial first step to adress some of the structural problems that have plagued Gentoo for years. Cheers, Ben
