Bug#882445: Proposed change of offensive packages to -offensive

2017-11-23 Thread Iain R. Learmonth
Hi, On 23/11/17 00:18, Sean Whitton wrote: >> So to be concrete, how about this: >> >> N. Packages with potentially offensive content >> >> As a maintainer you should make a judgement about whether the >> contents of a package is appropriate to include, whether it needs >> any kind of cont

Bug#798476: debian-policy: don't require Uploaders

2015-09-09 Thread Iain R. Learmonth
Package: debian-policy Followup-For: Bug #798476 Hi, So I've had a quick chat with jcristau about this in #debian-doc. Here is my proposal: Instead of allowing there to be no named person for packages, allow packages to be orphaned but without the changing of the Maintainer field if it was previ

Bug#798476: debian-policy: don't require Uploaders

2015-09-09 Thread Iain R. Learmonth
Package: debian-policy Followup-For: Bug #798476 Hi, N! Every package *must* have at least one named *person*. If it doesn't have a named person, it's orphaned. If you don't care about the package enough to maintain it, orphan it so that someone else can or otherwise request its rem