On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 03:11:07PM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Neil McGovern <ne...@debian.org>, 2011-05-03, 13:25: > >+Upload fixing only release-critical bugs older than 7 days, without > >maintainer activity for 7 days: 0 days > >+</para> > >+</listitem> > >+<listitem> > >+<para> > > Oh dear, please don't. I strongly object to this change. (I always > thought that transient 0-day NMU policy are counter-productive, but > making it permanent is just plain wrong.) >
Well, to be blunt, the transient policy has been in place for about 5 years now. This is the current practice and policy of the RMs, so I beleive it is better do document what is actually happening. > What's the purpose? The current NMU rules are already extremely liberal. > I belive that the reasons can be summed up in the link of the d-d-a announcement, at: http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2006/07/msg00231.html > What does it mean "without maintainer activity"? Does it mean that > if the maintainer is working on a fix, he needs to periodically ping > the bug log to protect himself from NMUers? > Yes. If a maintainer is taking more that for a *RC* bug fix, then they *should* keep the buglog updated with status. Neil -- <ari> show me on the doll where cdbs touched you -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110503202246.gy...@feta.halon.org.uk
