* Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-02-28 01:36]: > sometimes disposed of quickly). #225537 is a classic example of one > which has been sitting too long.
Hmm, I don't know why this bug has been overlooked or not dealt with, but quite a few packages were removed just a few days ago. > Similarly, bugs asking for changes in the overrides file often sit for > a loooong time. This was largely because there was no good tool to make changes to the overrides of just one package. However, Daniel Silverstone recently wrote a script, so such requests should be dealt with much more quickly. > Clearly James Troup has more important things to deal with. But couldn't > there be some more people with the ability to do these particular specific [...] > For instance, I'd certainly trust Martin Michlmayr with these abilities, > and I don't see why anyone else wouldn't... Sure, I'd trust myself with this and a few other QA people, but I actually *like* the fact that that removal requests are checked by QA and ftpmaster. Sometimes, things are overlooked which are then noticed by ftpmaster. In any case, it's also not that removals are only done by James. Daniel also does removals, and I'm in regular contact with him. > What technical changes would need to be made to allow a select list of > people the ability to edit overrides, and similarly to allow a select > list of people to remove packages? Well, you'd simply make a QA person an ftpmaster, but as I said above, I like the division of power and don't think it's currently a major problem. I don't know the status of #225537 [1], but package removals are normally done fairly quickly. [1] I assume the delay might be related to the bug asking for removal from unstable and stable. ftpmaster cannot do stable removals, they are only done at point releases. Perhaps cloning the bug and having one for stable and one for unstable would help, but I'm only speculating here. -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
