Re: Proposal: Reject packages that violate policy

1998-10-19 Thread Adam P. Harris
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> "Darren" == Darren Benham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Darren> I was talking with one such human in IRC today and he basicly Darren> said he'd get chewed out since there is no policy to reject Darren> packages because t

Re: Proposal: Reject packages that violate policy

1998-10-14 Thread Ian Jackson
Darren Benham writes ("Proposal: Reject packages that violate policy"): ... > I have just heard that, as strange as it sounds, it's not part of > policy to reject a package from incoming that violates policy. > THEREFORE, I propose that it be made part of policy to reject

Re: Proposal: Reject packages that violate policy

1998-10-13 Thread Darren Benham
On 13-Oct-98 Manoj Srivastava wrote: > commitment to be developers. After all, this additional 20hours/weeks > ought to be good for _some_ privileges ;-) > 20 hours? Only 20 hours a week ;) = * http://benham.net/in

Re: Proposal: Reject packages that violate policy

1998-10-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Michael" == Michael Bramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michael> [1 ] Michael> On Mon, Oct 12, 1998 at 11:41:22PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Seconds >> developers may second the issue by emailing "seconded" to the >> BTS. (Issue: what if the so called seconder is not a registere

Re: Proposal: Reject packages that violate policy

1998-10-13 Thread Michael Bramer
On Mon, Oct 12, 1998 at 11:41:22PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Seconds > developers may second the issue by emailing "seconded" to the > BTS. (Issue: what if the so called seconder is not a registered > Debian developer?) the 'Seconds' process is not so imp

Re: Proposal: Reject packages that violate policy

1998-10-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Darren" == Darren Benham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Darren> On 13-Oct-98 Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> I am inclined to trust the current method of having a human >> actually do rejects. The afore mentioned human may, of course, use >> the services of lintian in deciding whether or not to

Re: Proposal: Reject packages that violate policy

1998-10-13 Thread Darren Benham
On 13-Oct-98 Manoj Srivastava wrote: > I am inclined to trust the current method of having a human > actually do rejects. The afore mentioned human may, of course, use > the services of lintian in deciding whether or not to reject the > package; I would be inclined to support a policy v

Re: Proposal: Reject packages that violate policy

1998-10-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Darren" == Darren Benham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Darren> [Manoj: I'm still a little lost on your BTS-proposal system. Darren> I you want to walk me though it, I'll redo this, contact me Darren> via private email or IRC] This is simple enough that I am including this here.

Re: Proposal: Reject packages that violate policy

1998-10-13 Thread john
Darren Benham writes: > I have just heard that, as strange as it sounds, it's not part of policy > to reject a package from incoming that violates policy. THEREFORE, I > propose that it be made part of policy to reject from incoming packages > that contain policy errors and that the standard of me

Re: Proposal: Reject packages that violate policy

1998-10-13 Thread Martin Schulze
Darren Benham wrote: > I have just heard that, as strange as it sounds, it's not part of policy to > reject a package from incoming that violates policy. THEREFORE, I propose > that > it be made part of policy to reject from incoming packages that contain policy > errors and that the standard of

Proposal: Reject packages that violate policy

1998-10-13 Thread Darren Benham
[Manoj: I'm still a little lost on your BTS-proposal system. I you want to walk me though it, I'll redo this, contact me via private email or IRC] I have just heard that, as strange as it sounds, it's not part of policy to reject a package from incoming that violates policy. THEREFORE, I propos