Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-packaging (103 mails)

[Philipp Thomas <pth@xxxxxxx>]

* Dominique Leuenberger a.k.a DimStar (DimStar@xxxxxxxxxxxx) [20120427 14:43]:

> We always 'advocate' that maintaining the package does not really
> require 'high programming skills', which I still think is fully
> true.

Define 'high programming skills' :) But I for instance hadn't started to
maintain packages without programming knowledge.
 
> BUT: in this case a very good relationship with upstream and an
> upstream showing an interest in downstream issues is of course
> *very* important.

Tell that to someone who was stupid enough to create and maintain the boost
packages without a deeper knowledge of C++ and an upstream that doesn't seem
to have much interest. All my calls upstream for help with maintaining the boost
package have been met with utter silence.

Philipp
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