From: "V.Krishn" <vkrishn4@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [alpine-devel] reorganize the repositories
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 18:31:59 +0530
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> > I wonder it we create a 4th repo "abandoned" or "unowned"  - That would 
> > give everyone a clear indication of packages that need an owner.  
> > Someone new comes along and says "how can I help?"  we point them to 
> > "unowned" and say "take ownership" - they do? it goes to "community." 
> > They prove it works, it goes to "staging."   They lose interest in the 
> > project? Back to "unowned"
> 
> I kinda like this idea. "unmaintained" or "unowned" could serve as a
> final stage before things gets purged. Then we purge stuff things that
> has been there for a certain amount of time.

I also notice some pkgs from main/ getting purged directly.
If such process is adopted it would be better if it got pushed to "abandoned" 
or "unowned" which will mark it as something that will/maybe be dropped off 
aports.

-- 
Regards.
V.Krishn


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