----- Original Message ----- > On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Matthew Miller > <mat...@fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 05:07:35PM -0700, Toshio Kuratomi wrote: > >> Alternative idea -- maybe identify all packages which are not ciritcal and > >> have an open merge review. Take those packages out of the repository. > >> Then revisit the list and formulate a plan on what to do with thoes (even > >> if > >> the plan is then, these were critical enough to leave in so we'll give > >> them > >> a pass on going through a formal review). > > > > I like the idea of actually revisiting the list and deciding what to do, > > although pulling them out of the repository seems unnecessarily drastic. > > This always winds up being the suggestion. Nobody actually does > anything about it. I'd only be supportive of this on two conditions: > > 1) Actual bugs impacting actual people as a result of an improper spec > file were present > 2) One of the bodies responsible for packages in Fedora (FESCo, FPC, > ?) agreed to conduct audits across all packages for guideline > adherence at regular intervals. > > I'd be willing to not require item 1 if item 2 were actually done. It > never has been, and if it had it would already suffice for the purpose > the merge review tickets would serve today. > > We have a lot of guidelines. Enough that it can be rather daunting to > a new packager to even start packaging something. What we have always > lacked is enforcement and accountability on those guidelines _after_ > something is in the distro.
+ unlimited to the last paragraph. Jaroslav > Fix that problem and everything else > relating to it will be solved. > > josh > -- > devel mailing list > devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
