1 Jul
2008
1 Jul
'08
2:07 p.m.
On Tue, 1 Jul 2008, Gwern Branwen wrote:
non-maintainers shouldn't upload new versions of maintained packages without written ;) maintainer permission. well, as far as maintainer answers their letters
And how would we handle the case where the package is fully maintained, but the maintainer hates Cabal & Hackage and would never give permission? Does the maintainer have eternal veto power over uploads?
To the extent it's legal to do so? Upload a package clearly marked as unofficial, with the maintainer field blank. -- flippa@flippac.org Sometimes you gotta fight fire with fire. Most of the time you just get burnt worse though.