On 04/09/2013 11:54 PM, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > So when did you offer yourself to join the FTP team?
I didn't offer to completely join forever, but I offered my help, few months ago. Though considering the mistakes I did in the past (and still do from time to time, despite my (probably wrong) feeling to do double-checks), I do understand why they didn't feel comfortable with me checking for licenses. On 04/09/2013 11:54 PM, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: >> Suggestion #2: get rid of the new binary queue (not new source >> package, that's different). There's no reason why the licensing >> of a package changes just because the maintainer decides to add >> a new binary, so it makes no sense. This would save a lot of >> time for the FTP team. > > No. Go back to start and learn why there is a NEW queue. No what? To which part of the above? Would you care to explain, since I'm so dumb and I should learn? In what way adding lines in debian/control changes the licensing of upstream source? > >> Suggestion #5: make it so that a bunch of packages can be >> reviewed together, as they might depend on each other, and we >> would like to avoid cases where some packages are accepted, but >> can't be installed because their dependencies are in NEW. > > And that breaks exactly what? Such a package will never migrate > to testing. No harm done. Also you might want to avoid to depend > on packages not yet in Debian as they might never end up in > Debian at all. If I upload new packages A and B, that A depends and B, and that A gets approved, but B doesn't, then we end up with package A being in Debian, but never installable. Now, if what you are suggesting that I should wait for B to be approved before uploading A, I think you aren't being realistic when the NEW queue has a 3 months waiting time. This might work with small projects, but if you have to maintain a complex set of packages, with lots of dependencies, it just doesn't work. Been there, tried that ... Also, thinking only about testing, when we have a 10 months period of freeze, is quite crazy. So yes, harm done, even in Experimental (during the freeze)! > No. Go back to start and learn why there is a NEW queue. You didn't need to repeat this sentence 3 times. I believe I know why we have it, never the less, I feel like there would be better ways to handle the problem. I'm only the vocal person here, I know I'm not the only one thinking this way. Others probably fear the reaction of the FTP masters, I personally think (and hope) they are smarter than this and accept constructive critics. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51646364.9040...@debian.org
