On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 23:05:02 +0200, Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 04:51:49PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: >> Additionally, I would like to seriously propose establishing a >> pre-upload interface to ftpmaster so that a developer could learn that >> he is writing a package pending rejection after upload _before_ >> spending time on building that package. > >Actually I think ftp-master are having already too much power as a decision >instance without real legitimation. Establishing yet another interface for >them to block maintainers would need a resolution by the community that we >are willing to delegate the job of verifying packages to them.
ftp-master _has_ power to block maintainers. What I am asking for is an interface to be at least blocked _before_ work is done. >I think the >time of the ftp masters could be spend on other issues without stepping on >ppls feet. Especially becuase ftpmaster usually steps on people's feed not by rejecting a package, but by calling packages "silly", or putting them in directories named "lame". Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29
