Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Russ Allbery wrote: >> I think that if we had active users of a package who would report the >> bugs when they happen, orphaned packages wouldn't be as much of a risk. >> They have undetected RC bugs not because there isn't a maintainer so >> much as because there are no users reporting those bugs into the BTS.
> I agree, but I don't see any way to guarantee that orphaned packages > have users that are engaged on this level. I don't think there's any way to guarantee it, but I think we can turn it around and look at it as a useful input to the decision on when to remove an orphaned package. If a package has users who are active bug reporters, I would be less inclined to remove it than a package whose users don't use reportbug. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
