Hi,
>>"Darren" == Darren Benham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Darren> [Manoj: I'm still a little lost on your BTS-proposal system.
Darren> I you want to walk me though it, I'll redo this, contact me
Darren> via private email or IRC]
This is simple enough that I am including this here.
Issue raised
wishlist bug opened in BTS, with a subject of "[PROPOSED] ..."
Seconds
developers may second the issue by emailing "seconded" to the
BTS. (Issue: what if the so called seconder is not a registered
Debian developer?)
Amendment
when a proposed issue becomes a formal amendment, the bug
severity is raised to "normal" and the bug is retitled to
"[AMENDMENT DD/MM/YYY] ...". Actually it might be better to close
the proposal and reopen so the bug date reflects when the clock
starts ticking on the bug; in which case the bug could simply be
retitled "[AMENDMENT] ...".
Accepted
if the amendment is accepted, the bug is marked forwarded, until
it is actually integrated into Policy and uploaded and moved into
the archive, at which time the bug is retitled "[ACCEPTED]..."
and closed.
Rejected
if the amendment is closed, it is retitled as "[REJECTED] ..."
and marked as closed
Deadlocked
if the amendment is deadlocked, it is marked as "[DEADLOCKED]
...",
I think that the Policy is critical enough for the project that any
real flaws in the policy be automatically be deemed important bugs,
unless they affect release management.
Darren> I have just heard that, as strange as it sounds, it's not
Darren> part of policy to reject a package from incoming that
Darren> violates policy. THEREFORE, I propose that it be made part
Darren> of policy to reject from incoming packages that contain
Darren> policy errors and that the standard of measure be the program
Darren> lintian. Any package with lintian *errors* be rejected.
I am inclined to trust the current method of having a human
actually do rejects. The afore mentioned human may, of course, use
the services of lintian in deciding whether or not to reject the
package; I would be inclined to support a policy violation being
sufficient cause for rejection.
manoj
--
A mathematician, a doctor, and an engineer are walking on the beach
and observe a team of lifeguards pumping the stomach of a drowned
woman. As they watch, water, sand, snails and such come out of the
pump. The doctor watches for a while and says: "Keep pumping, men,
you may yet save her!!" The mathematician does some calculations and
says: "According to my understanding of the size of that pump, you
have already pumped more water from her body than could be contained
in a cylinder 4 feet in diameter and 6 feet high." The engineer says:
"I think she's sitting in a puddle."
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/>
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