Re: package maintainers please choose a package group

[Carlo De Falco]

> On 14 Mar 2017, at 10:00, Olaf Till <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 07:58:38AM +0000, Carlo De Falco wrote:
>> I am happy with other requirements but, as long as I am listed 
>> as the maintainer, I unfortunately cannot accept the "pushing without 
>> asking" part. Any chance you may be changing this rule?
> 
> Maybe, but do you have an alternative suggestion?

If the package has a repository on bitbucket or github one could use 
a pull request, which sounds better to me. Does sourceforge have this feature?

> The one real need
> for this that I currently see is: sometimes package fixes may be
> provided by Octave, typically JWE, to make them work with a basic
> change in Octave. Previously, such fixes were just applied. To ask
> first, and to wait for all responses, is an additional maintenance
> effort.
> 
> Consider that the maintainer isn't required to accept such a
> patch. He/she can revert or change it. So this is actually not
> principally different from the general requirements that the
> maintainer should cooperate and should handle submitted patches.
> Olaf

c.