[Kde-games-devel] kdegames maintainers list

[Albert Astals Cid]

A Dimarts 02 Desembre 2008, Parker Coates va escriure:
> 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?

I would say that if you want to help, comment on the bug "i think i can fix 
it" and then go on unless you get a reply saying no on the bug itself.

Albert

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