On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 10:15:20PM -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote: > > Now seriously, the reasons why a package in Debian is quite different > > from a Debian package outside of Debian should be well-known enough: > > ease of search and use for users and infrastructure for packaging > > (such as the BTS). > Those are minor things compared to the reputation of the Debian Project > for doing high-quality packaging. Package quality, aided by a thorough > Policy document which all maintainers aim to comply with, is what makes > Debian something more than just a huge pile of free software in someone > distribution's contrib directory.
I hoped the proposal I was making would allow us to eat the cake and keep it too: offer an open upload area but keep the main archive under strict quality criteria. I expect it to be easier to check package quality, too, if they're being autobuilt and available for BTS reports _before_ having been uploaded to the main archive. > Besides, there is no value in a wide-open voting system. This is > called an "Internet poll" and the results generally reflect whatever > websites or blogs happen to publicise it. Not if those people have to be properly identified via their PGP keys. Such a simple requirement will already cut off the "casual Joes" that only vote once because they saw the announcement somewhere. It also prevents most ways of abuse. Panu -- personal contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED], +35841 5323835 technical contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.iki.fi/atehwa/ PGP fingerprint: 0EA5 9D33 6590 FFD4 921C 5A5F BE85 08F1 3169 70EC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
