On 2008-05-30, Charles Plessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le Fri, May 30, 2008 at 09:45:57AM +0200, Bas Wijnen a écrit : >> >> Yes, communication is good. We have several media for it, the two most >> important ones being mailing lists and the BTS (IMO). This DEP proposes >> to use the BTS for communication about NMUs. It was that way already >> AFAIK, although some people seem to think private mail was needed as >> well. To avoid any confusion, we should make it explicit in any case. >> If many people think private mail is needed before uploading to DELAYED, >> please speak up and we'll require that. To me, that would pretty much >> disable all usability of DELAYED, but that may be just me... > > Hi Bas, Richard, Lucas, > > the DEP says: > > - must use BTS, > - usage of DELAYED is recommended. > > This means that people can opt out using DELAYED, but must post something > in the BTS. I think that the problem is not whether the communication is > public in the BTS or private, it is that "something the BTS" does not > imply communication. One can send a patch to the BTS and upload a NMU > without ever asking if it is welcome. Therefore I would much prefer that > the DEP clarifies this by writing that the use of DELAYED is mandatory > if the NMUer does not ask if the upload is welcome.
Yeah. let us delay bugfixes from reaching the users as long as possible. /Sune (anyone who replies to this mail needs to fix at least 1 rc bug before doing so) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
