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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">GLEP:</th><td class="field-body">3</td> |
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Title:</th><td class="field-body">Ebuild maintainter extension GLEP</td> |
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Version:</th><td class="field-body">1.1</td> |
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Last-Modified:</th><td class="field-body"><a class="reference" href="http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/proj/en/glep/glep-0003.txt?cvsroot=gentoo">2003/06/10 17:31:01</a></td> |
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Author:</th><td class="field-body">Caleb Tennis <caleb at gentoo.org></td> |
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Status:</th><td class="field-body">Draft</td> |
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Created:</th><td class="field-body">09-Jun-2003</td> |
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Post-History:</th><td class="field-body">10-Jun-2003</td> |
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<div class="contents topic" id="contents"> |
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<p class="topic-title"><a name="contents">Contents</a></p> |
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<li><a class="reference" href="#abstract" id="id1" name="id1">Abstract</a></li> |
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<li><a class="reference" href="#motivation" id="id2" name="id2">Motivation</a></li> |
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<li><a class="reference" href="#rationale" id="id3" name="id3">Rationale</a></li> |
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<li><a class="reference" href="#backwards-compatibility" id="id4" name="id4">Backwards Compatibility</a></li> |
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<li><a class="reference" href="#implementation" id="id5" name="id5">Implementation</a></li> |
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<li><a class="reference" href="#security" id="id6" name="id6">Security</a></li> |
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<li><a class="reference" href="#future" id="id7" name="id7">Future</a></li> |
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<li><a class="reference" href="#references" id="id8" name="id8">References</a></li> |
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<li><a class="reference" href="#copyright" id="id9" name="id9">Copyright</a></li> |
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<div class="section" id="abstract"> |
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id1" name="abstract">Abstract</a></h1> |
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<p>Gentoo's portage tree attempts to provide a self contained, easy to use, and |
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automatic installation procedure for as many packages as can be maintained by |
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developers.</p> |
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<p>This GLEP proposes allowing non-core Gentoo developers to be considered as |
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ebuild maintainers sponsored via a core Gentoo developer. This system will |
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allow more ebuilds to be available in portage with active maintainers for |
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those ebuilds.</p> |
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<p>This GLEP only applies to EBUILD based bugs that contain a request for a |
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package to be committed or version bumped within portage.</p> |
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<div class="section" id="motivation"> |
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2" name="motivation">Motivation</a></h1> |
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<p>As of the first draft of this GLEP, there are 1387 EBUILD bug requests in |
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Gentoo's bugzilla database. Many of these requests contain ebuilds that |
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have been submitted by the bug reporter and are simply awaiting a Gentoo |
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developer to sponsor the submittal of the ebuild.</p> |
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<div class="section" id="rationale"> |
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3" name="rationale">Rationale</a></h1> |
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<p>Gentoo's portage tree already contains the most popular ebuilds for packages |
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available today. Many teams exist that are responsible for maintaining these |
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core ebuilds in the portage tree. But, for ebuilds that are not as commonly |
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used, there is no good focal point upon which to rest these ebuilds.</p> |
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<p>For example, any submitted ebuild that is a KDE application gets routed to the |
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KDE team. However, the KDE team may be unfamiliar with the submitted ebuild. |
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A new graphical MySQL editor may be submitted to the MYSQL team, but none of |
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the members of that team may be familiar or have the desire to learn a new |
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program to submit it to portage.</p> |
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<p>We want to be able to provide for as many ebuilds in portage as feasible and |
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make sure that all ebuilds have some person who is responsible for |
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maintenance.</p> |
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<div class="section" id="backwards-compatibility"> |
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4" name="backwards-compatibility">Backwards Compatibility</a></h1> |
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<p>No current policies exist that interfere with this document.</p> |
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<div class="section" id="implementation"> |
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5" name="implementation">Implementation</a></h1> |
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<p>Incoming ebuild bug reports should continue to be processed as normal.</p> |
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<p>Bug reports that <em>do not</em> contain an attached ebuild should be marked as |
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NEEDINFO. A message asking the user to create and submit an ebuild should be |
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attached to the bug.</p> |
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<p>Bug reports that <em>do</em> have an attached ebuild should be responded to with |
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a message asking if the reporter agrees to provide maintence and support for |
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the ebuild and package.</p> |
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<p>If a reporter <em>does not</em> agree to provide package maintence, the bug report |
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should be marked WONTFIX.</p> |
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<p>If a reporter <em>does</em> agree to provide package support, the ebuild should |
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be added to portage with a note in the ChangeLog that the reporter is |
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considered the maintainer of that particular ebuild.</p> |
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<p>Any incoming bug reports that are related to this ebuild should continue to |
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get processed as normal. The team that the ebuild goes to should then CC the |
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author of the ebuild. Optionally, if a docs-team member has prior knowledge |
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that the ebuild is externally maintained, he/she can add that person to the CC |
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list.</p> |
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<div class="section" id="security"> |
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id6" name="security">Security</a></h1> |
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<p><strong>At the very least</strong>, all ebuilds must be looked over by the developer |
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handling the commit.</p> |
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<p>In no case should a submitted digest file be used. The developer is |
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responsible for creating the digest file based on an actual download of the |
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source code.</p> |
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<p>Potential breaches in security can still exist, however. The developer |
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handling the installation should take every step to ensure that no ebuild, |
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package, or other files have been compromised.</p> |
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<div class="section" id="future"> |
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id7" name="future">Future</a></h1> |
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<p>Current proposals to rethink Gentoo portage and bug handling (a.k.a Herds) are |
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still in negotiation. It is the intention of the author of this GLEP to evolve |
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the concept of this GLEP as the Herds concept matures and stabilizes.</p> |
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<div class="section" id="references"> |
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id8" name="references">References</a></h1> |
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id9" name="copyright">Copyright</a></h1> |
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<p>This document has been placed in the public domain.</p> |
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