Le Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 06:49:24PM +0000, Steve McIntyre a écrit : > > Based on initial analysis of this package, please remove: > > * the DM (Kartik Mistry) from the keyring (he clearly needs to learn > more before he should be allowed to upload directly) > > * the upload rights of the sponsor (Ramakrishnan M > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) who uploaded this to incoming without any > suitable level of checking. This is a *much* more important problem > IMHO.
Hello all, there is a famous saying: "The one who never does mistakes usually never does anything". How about removing the advocating rights of the person who advodated the sponsor of the DM, the application managing rights of the person who did not realise that he would some day sponsor a package that does not respect the Policy, the ftp-mastering rights of the one who let the package in the archive and the account managing rights of the one who let this happen by making the sponsor a DD? The point I want to make is that, unless the DM and the sponsor have been informed of their mistake and showed bad will, it is prematurate and demotivating to call their name for punishment on a pivotal mailing list. I think that what Debian can learn from this accident is that such a big project can not rely on just a few persons to detect mistakes. A peer review system could be an answer to this: for instance link to a debdiff could be sent to, say 20 developpers, and the package allowed in the archive when at least 2 of them send a positive (non-verbose) review, and/or be the subject of extensive checks when a negative review with explanaions is sent. With a little analysis on the quantity of uploads per day and the number of non-MIA DDs, the optimal number of reviewers could be deterimined such that the work load and the delays are acceptable, and to keept a low probability that somebody is called for review the same package too often. In conclusion, I would like to re-iterate the main message of this mail: I think that calls for punishment should be dealt privately at first. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy http://charles.plessy.org Wakō, Saitama, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
