Simon McVittie writes ("Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload"):
> The TC can overrule individual developers (§6.1.4 in the Debian
> constitution), but it can't overrule a position delegated by the DPL,
> and the ftp team is such a position. We have had situations in the past
> where an issue involving the ftp team was brought to the TC, and the
> most we could do abotu it was to "offer advice" (agree among ourselves
> on a non-binding opinion, §6.1.5) and hope that the ftp team might
> reconsider their decisions on the basis of that advice.This has been done before, in https://www.debian.org/vote/2007/vote_002. > To the best of my understanding, the only mechanism the project has for > overruling a DPL delegate is a GR. I'd like to point out that we have been very slow to reach for the GR hammer. This has been blocked since 2019. We've spent much of the intervening time quietly asking people for help behind the scenes, including speaking to several DPLs and other prominent members of the project, but sadly that has not been effective. Ian. -- Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> These opinions are my own. Pronouns: they/he. If I emailed you from @fyvzl.net or @evade.org.uk, that is a private address which bypasses my fierce spamfilter.
