On Thu, 26 Jul 2007, Russ Allbery wrote: > Yeah, I think I agree with this. I don't see how being a Debian > Maintainer is any less being associated with the project than being a > Debian Developer, and if someone wants to sacrifice their DD rights to > make a point, well, having to then do things like work through a sponsor > is what makes it a sacrifice, no?
If that use case was the sole one, I'd not defend this concept. > My primary worry about this proposal is that it leads to an increasing > number of packages in the archive that are someone's pet project, Every useful software is the pet project of someone. :-) DM don't decide of new packages. It's the sponsor and the ftpmaster team. It's up to us to restrict what we upload. > maintained by someone who isn't keeping up with Debian-wide changes, and Why that ? I expect all DM to be subscribed to d-d-a and would suggest a check (or even some enforcement with auto-subscription if we really want). > which have to be chased down every time we do a major transition. I don't > think adding more package maintainers who aren't connected with what's > going on with the rest of the project is a great idea. At least with > sponsored packages, the sponsor in theory should be paying attention. That theory doesn't match my experience. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Premier livre français sur Debian GNU/Linux : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]