[arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.35.2-1

Lauri Niskanen ape at ape3000.com
Sat Aug 21 11:26:44 EDT 2010


On 08/21/2010 06:17 PM, Ng Oon-Ee wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-08-21 at 18:51 +0530, Madhurya Kakati wrote:
>> On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Lauri Niskanen<ape at ape3000.com>  wrote:
>>> On 08/21/2010 01:33 PM, Lukáš Jirkovský wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> noob question: what does this signoff means?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Basically it means that it works OK for you and you are willing to
>>>> "sign off the declaration the package is OK and can be moved to
>>>> [core]." Usually it's not used for packages from [extra] or
>>>> [community].
>>>
>>> Generally packages only need signoffs from developers on arch-dev mailing
>>> list. Sometimes (like with kernel26) public signoffs are wanted.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ape<Lauri Niskanen>
>>>
>>
>> Thanks! :D
>
> I wasn't actually aware that public signoffs are wanted for kernel26. As
> far as I can remember some packages specifically request user signoffs
> due to lack of usage among devs (and those eventually get dropped from
> core in my observation). Any simple list as to which packages users
> should help signoff?
>

Users should signoff only when requested on this mailing list.

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Ape <Lauri Niskanen>


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