On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 06:02:10AM +0000, Chris Lamb wrote: > Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > > > > I know for a fact that quite regularly licence checks on binNEW > > > > packages causes RC bugs to pop up. I acknowledge it may be a > > > > burder for the ftp team, but that reason alone probably deserves > > > > to keep binNEW as it is. > > > > > > That would seem to justify some sort of randomized spot checks > > > [..] > > > > Exactly. > > Whilst it does seem a little odd, there is some merit the current > system where packages get essentially-arbitrary chosen for a cursory > glance by a member the FTP team.
Speaking as someone who has taken over a package, been negligent in ensuring debian/copyright was up to date and hit NEW as the result of a soname update I am grateful for the time that the FTP team (Chris, as it happens) invested to do a quick sanity check and tell me I was an idiot. As a result I discovered licensecheck and have become much better (though I doubt perfect) at ensuring such things stay up to date. If we had enough spare people power then I've no doubt a concerted sweep across the archive would find lots of packages that could do with some TLC, whether copyrights or elsewhere, but realistically that's just not going to happen. J. -- ] https://www.earth.li/~noodles/ [] Minorities are the foundation of [ ] PGP/GPG Key @ the.earth.li [] society. [ ] via keyserver, web or email. [] [ ] RSA: 4096/0x94FA372B2DA8B985 [] [
