Backup maintainer [Re: 'temporary' package]

[Andreas Abel]

Well, not all packages uploaded to hackage are "libraries" in the sense 
that other packages rely on them.  There are tons of applications, and 
also things intended to be general purpose libraries that never get 
enough users.

But once your package is used by enough others that rely on it, you need 
a backup maintainer.

One could think of a "ladder" where packages acquire reputation/status, 
and from a certain point on one needs a backup maintainer.

On 09.05.2014 15:00, Alois Cochard wrote:
> Does it mean you prefer not having a package in hackage than having it
> without a backup maintainer?
>
> Just think about all the packages that would not have reached hackage
> with a rule like that...
>
>
> On 7 May 2014 20:59, Andreas Abel <andreas.abel at ifi.lmu.de
> <mailto:andreas.abel at ifi.lmu.de>> wrote:
>
>     On 07.05.2014 14:49, Roman Cheplyaka wrote:
>
>         Having backup maintainers is the answer.
>         http://ro-che.info/articles/__2014-02-08-my-haskell-will.__html
>         <http://ro-che.info/articles/2014-02-08-my-haskell-will.html>
>
>
>     Yes!  +1
>
>     hackage should require a backup maintainer for every library package
>     upload.
>
>
>             On May 7, 2014 8:36 AM, "Roman Cheplyaka" <roma at ro-che.info
>             <mailto:roma at ro-che.info>> wrote:
>
>                 No. In my opinion, there's no good reason why a package
>                 should remain
>                 broken for
>                 more than a day, given that there are people who has
>                 found, reported, and
>                 fixed
>                 the issue. All the actual work is done, now someone just
>                 has to push a
>                 button.
>
>                 * Oliver Charles <ollie at ocharles.org.uk
>                 <mailto:ollie at ocharles.org.uk>> [2014-05-07 13:29:40+0100]
>
>                     Isn't a 4 day turn around on a pull request a little
>                     hasty?
>
>                     - ocharles
>
>
>                     On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Roman Cheplyaka
>                     <roma at ro-che.info <mailto:roma at ro-che.info>>
>
>                 wrote:
>
>
>                         Hi Max,
>
>                         are you still maintaining the 'temporary' package?
>                         There's a breakage waiting to be fixed (with a
>                         patch):
>                         https://github.com/__batterseapower/temporary/pull/__12
>                         <https://github.com/batterseapower/temporary/pull/12>
>
>                         If I don't hear from you in two days, I'll
>                         request maintainership
>
>                 and/or
>
>                         fork the package.
>
>

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