Rich Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Actually, I don't want a different set of criteria. As a user, I am > concerned that Debian is in danger of having a thousand "CPU > monitors"[1] all with RC bugs. A process for restricting addition of > semi-duplicate packages might reduce workloads all round, and improve > quality of installed packages.
That's not a problem for our procedures. Optional packages with RC bugs do not hold up the release; they simply get dropped. > > My concern is that Saudi Arabia and China don't get to tell us what > > our criteria are, and I would oppose any criterion that amounts to > > "give China a veto". Your proposal allows China a veto in some cases, > > and this makes it unreasonable to me. > > Not quite. I simply suggest that *in the absence of any technical reason > why*, and *in the presence of a social reason why not*, it would be > polite to adopt "why not". Your proposal gives China a veto *in some cases*. I think it should get a veto *in no cases*. Regardless, the discussion belongs on debian-project. Thomas
