On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 09:49:44PM +0100, Bas Wijnen wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 07:41:50PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > I can understand the ftp team's desire to sidestep any moral questions here, > > but in the process I think your guidelines have wound up vague and > > overbroad, as they suggest that as a project we will never take a stand for > > anything but only do what's safe.
> I think you are mistaken. The statement says that before uploading, we > should ask the ftp team for advice. Not that they will always deny the > upload. > What it means, is that they don't want rigid rules where there are > problems when we get a new member from a new country, but instead leave > the decision to humans (the ftp team). I think that is very wise. If your interpretation is correct, then the mail from Joerg in practice provides *no* new guidance, and the only reason the software in question is blocked from the archive is "because the ftp team says so". That's an even worse policy than how I interpreted it. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org
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