Hi, On 15/03/13 at 19:41 +0300, Moray Allan wrote: > In my platform I suggested that we might make distribution-wide > changes quicker by more vocally authorising NMUs to help with > changeovers.
The current NMU guidelines[1] discourage fixing cosmetic issues or changing the packaging style in an NMU. The reason for that is that such changes are often a matter of taste (though there are exceptions, such as the standardization of debian/control fields - going from X-Vcs-* to Vcs-*). [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.en.html#nmu Could you give examples of specific distribution-wide changes that you think we should authorize via NMUs? For example, would that apply to debhelper -> dh conversions? To 1.0 -> 3.0 (quilt)? You also missed one interesting question in Stefano's email: > Bonus point: if you think any of the above is good, how do you think we > can decide to go for it? (chicken and egg FTW) Specifically, how do you think we can decide to authorize NMUs for a specific distribution-wide changeover? Lucas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130316091306.ga14...@xanadu.blop.info
