* Jari Aalto ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061216 10:23]: > Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, Marc Haber wrote: > >> But I feel that it is _wrong_ to close wishlist bugs like that. It > >> is ok to tag them wontfix or help, or even usertag them send-patch, > >> but closing them immediately doesn't help anybody but statistics. > > > > I personally don't close bugs capriciously either,[1] but it is the > > maintainer's right to do so. [I don't think there's much that can be > > done if a maintainer wants to be an ass short of hijacking their > > packages... thankfully, that's a course of action which I don't have > > to contemplate.] > > Just theoretically, if such "an ass" maintainer exists or the behavior > can be demonstrated, wouldn't it be much better if some other > maintainer took over his work (hijacking the packages). > > Isn't the goal to help Debian project much more important that > individual goals; that someone may misuse their position. > > IS there a comiittee that can intervene or mediate in this matter if a > hijack seems justified?
The tech ctte can decide about who should be a maintainer for a package - but this probably would be only a very-last solution, one I hope will never occur. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
