Steve Langasek <vor...@debian.org> writes: > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:16:46AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> I think, and I believe the ftpmasters would agree, that they will >> enforce project consensus provided that it doesn't strike them as >> legally dangerous or otherwise seriously problematic. I would rather >> have a consensus than a dictated policy. More people involved means >> more insight into the challenges of different types of packages. > > OTOH, relying on consensus instead of a documented policy means > practices will tend to drift over time due to our collective > fallibility in remembering why things were done the way they were. Well, yes, we should reach a consensus and then write it down and not change it without a new consensus process. :) -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
