On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 12:38 PM, Patrick Lauer <patr...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Ohey, > > as you might have noticed I've just corrected the metadata.xml of all > elasticsearch-related packages. > For some strange reason I was listed there as maintainer, but since no one > wanted to listen to my ideas I guess I wasn't. So now last person who > touched it gets stuck with it. > > Since proxy-maint refuses to be removed from packages (especially since > they were unconditionally added to all packages with a non-gentoo-dev > maintainer in metadata) they are the de facto maintainers, and overrule > everything else. > I've tried multiple strategies including removing them from metadata, but > ... see app-admin/elasticsearch, proxy-maint is like the toe fungus that > always comes back (e.g. commit f0925c10834464e62ce7209f2afa7797b594d350 ) > > Sometimes it's almost absurdly funny, especially when you commit > RESTRICT="test" because tests fail reliably just to have that reverted. > (See dev-python/elasticsearch-py ) > > Bonus mention: > bbdc5412061adf598ed935697441a7d6b05f7614 > app-admin/logstash-bin: drop old > > Signed-off-by: Andrew Savchenko <birc...@gentoo.org> > > That removed the versions I was using, so I better maintain the versions I > use in an overlay. Well ok then. > I don't quite get this gripe. Gentoo is a rolling distro. Versions of things "you are using" get removed and replaced with newer versions all the time. Why is this a big deal now? -A > > Since I, as maintainer, can't ... anything, well [CENSORED] this, now they > are your packages. Don't try to reassign or drop them: You've demanded, > insisted, to be maintainers ... wish granted. > > So, err, well, is like ... wtf? I'm not sure how this all makes sense, but > it's Not My Problem now. Take care now, bye bye then. > > Oh, and Erki Ferenc was in metadata too, he's been inactive but told me > that he wants to continue maintaining these packages in the near future. If > he asks I'd recommend adding him back. > > Patrick > > P.S. If this sounds a bit incoherent, well ... the whole situation is, I > have no idea what's going on or why I was in metadata ;) > >
