On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 01:13:44PM +0200, Ricardo Mones wrote: > Exactly, but not for rewriting rules for dh (for example). For that one > there's already a process: orphan + QA (or adopt), but not NMU.
Absolutely agreed. > If the problem here is that orphaning takes too long then it should be > shortened, not bypased using NMUs for QA uploads of non-orphaned packages. True: in fact there have been discussion in the past (on this list) about improving our processes for (forcibly) orphan and/or remove packages from the archive. Unfortunately they stopped a bit and never went anywhere. I believe the last relevant thread on the matter started at <http://lists.debian.org/debian-qa/2009/12/msg00001.html> (in case someone wants to dwell into the issue. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è ..| . |. Et ne m'en veux pas si je te tutoie sempre uno zaino ...........| ..: |.... Je dis tu à tous ceux que j'aime
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