On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 11:11:49AM -0400, Asheesh Laroia wrote: > On Tue, 5 Oct 2010, Matthew Palmer wrote: > >> To clarify: the intended point of this proposal is to solve the >> perceived problem that DDs don't sponsor packages because they're >> concerned that they'll end up taking responsibility for a package if >> the maintainer ups and leaves? >> >> I don't actually see that as a problem. There are simple ways to deal >> with orphaned packages, regardless of the way the upload was made, and >> they work. If a package I sponsor is abandoned by the maintainer, it >> gets NMUed, orphaned and assigned to debian-qa like any other, and is >> then available for adoption. >> >> The variant of this problem I do see, however, is the uploading of >> surely-soon-to-be-unmaintained low-quality or near-duplicate packages, >> clogging up the archive and making extra work for debian-qa et al. >> *That* problem isn't going to be solved by changing the maintainer, >> it's only going to be solved by not uploading the >> surely-soon-to-be-unmaintained low-quality or near-duplicate packages >> in the first place. > > Matthew -- sounds like you've identified a commonly-asked question that > has an answer. Would you (or someone else on the list) be willing to add > that to the "For Sponsors..." section of > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentorsFaq ?
I think I've had my fill of FAQ maintenance. Someone else can do it. - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101006194118.ga11...@hezmatt.org
