rpms/gtkglarea2/devel gtkglarea2.spec,1.12,1.13

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 16:30 -0500, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> Author: mschwendt
> 
> Update of /cvs/extras/rpms/gtkglarea2/devel
> In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv2108/gtkglarea2/devel
> 
> Modified Files:
> 	gtkglarea2.spec 
> Log Message:
> Build disabled. Package is without maintainer.

This package clearly provides evidence of why "orphaning packages" is
unnecessarily strict, and why adding additional states of package
maintainership are useful 
(c.f.
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-list/2006-March/msg00149.html)

I have this package in a dep chain of a package I am using outside of
Fedora, and therefore had expressed my will to "have an eye on this
package" but am not interested in permanently maintaining this package.

Apparently others (notably Gerard Milmeister, he recently seems to have
adapted the spec to FC5) are in a similar position.

Here FESCo's policy of "strict maintainer<->package" apparently fails,
while collaborative, "keep package alive-maintainership" wouldn't be a
problem (gtkglarea2 is discontinued and stagnating for years,
nevertheless it still works and is being used).


Ralf