How to become a proxied maintainer Adding a new packageĪs a proxied maintainer, you can add new packages to Gentoo, as long as you're willing to maintain them afterwards. However, we expect that you at least keep the basic communication with us. The proxy-maint team is willing to help you with all those tasks. Inform us when you are no longer willing to maintain the package (retirement).Clean old versions of the package up, request stabilization of new versions (if the package is stable),.doesn't use deprecated EAPI versions, has no QA issues etc, Ensure that the package complies to the modern ebuild quality standards and follows the best development practices (preferably of your own accord) - i.e.Bump the package to new versions in a reasonable time,.Address bugs reported against the package to the best of your skills,.The responsibility is to maintain the package, that is

Ability to reject other maintainers - we encourage cooperation, not seclusion.

Full decision power - we reserve the right to reject or override your decisions at the review level,.

Ability to commit straight into the repository - all commits need to be reviewed and pushed by developers with write access,.

Training and credibility needed to become a Gentoo developer.

Quality reviews from our proxy-maint team and other Gentoo developers,.

Ability to request keywording on additional architectures (but note that most of arch teams are against proactive keywording) and to request stabilization.

Coverage by package-oriented services: euscan, qa-reports, repology.

Ability to maintain ebuilds directly in the Gentoo repository for all our users to use.

Privileges, limitations, and responsibilities of proxied maintainers Benefits

7 How to step down as a proxied maintainer.

6.8 Changes with obligatory ml review (users, groups, eclasses).

4 Handling disagreements with proxy-maint members.

3 How to ensure that your changes are merged promptly.

1 Privileges, limitations, and responsibilities of proxied maintainers.

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