[Kde-games-devel] kdegames maintainers list

[Parker Coates]

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 08:04, Stefan Majewsky wrote:
> As discussed during the last IRC meeting, I sent an update request for the
> maintainer list on Techbase to all listed game maintainers. FYI the mail text
> is attached at the bottom.

> Stefan Majewsky wrote (to listed maintainers):
>> Hello kdegames developers,
>>
>> during the last IRC meeting, it was decided that the maintainers' list at
>> [1] should now be actively maintained. You are receiving this mail because
>> you are listed as maintainer of one or more games on [1]. I'm kindly asking
>> you to report on this list whether you are still able to maintain these
>> games. This does not happen because of a growing number of unmaintained
>> games, but for the interest of high-quality applications in the kdegames
>> module, and to get an overview of the current maintenance situation.
>>
>> [1] http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Games/Maintainers

Maybe it would make sense to add another column to that table allowing
maintainers to comment on the level of their maintainership.

For example, some games have somewhat reluctant maintainers who have
been thrust into the position in the absence of anyone else filling
the role. In such cases, they may want to note "New maintainer
welcome".

Other maintainers may be happy as maintainers, but have a shortage of
time to dedicate to their game, in which case they may want to note
"Semi-Active. Patches / bugfixes welcome."

Then you have maintainers like me who have time, are protective of
their code and would prefer to do everything themselves. I might note
"Active. Bug reports / feature requests welcome."

The reason I bring this up is that having subscribed to the
kde-games-bugs list, I often see bug reports on other people's and
wonder if I should try to fix them or not. If the maintainer is
active, they could do a better job of fixing it and probably a lot
quicker than I could, so there's a temptation to not bother. On the
other hand, if I knew that the maintainer was strapped for time and
that the help would be appreciated, then I'd be much more likely to
try my hand at a patch.

Thoughts?

Parker