Re: Multi-package projects

2022-10-13 Thread Niels Thykier
Sam Hartman: "Niels" == Niels Thykier writes: Niels> Indeed - I noted that. :) My answer to Sam's email was due Niels> how it went into details with why Sam saw the RT as a good Niels> candidate team for this role and I wanted to present a Niels> counterargument to Sam's em

Re: Multi-package projects

2022-10-13 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Niels" == Niels Thykier writes: Niels> Indeed - I noted that. :) My answer to Sam's email was due Niels> how it went into details with why Sam saw the RT as a good Niels> candidate team for this role and I wanted to present a Niels> counterargument to Sam's email. I'd like

Re: Multi-package projects

2022-10-08 Thread Niels Thykier
Wouter Verhelst: On Sat, Oct 08, 2022 at 08:06:33AM +0200, Niels Thykier wrote: [...] OK, thanks. This was the reason why I added that disclaimer at the top of my previous email; if the release team doesn't want to do the work (which would be completely reasonable!) then obviously we'd have to c

Re: Multi-package projects

2022-10-08 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Sat, Oct 08, 2022 at 08:06:33AM +0200, Niels Thykier wrote: > > [...] > > > > Here are things I think the RT style composition has going for it. > > > > [... long list of praise for the RT ...] > > > > Hi, > > I agree that the RT has a long list of pros for this role. However, I feel > this

Re: Multi-package projects

2022-10-08 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Fri, Oct 07, 2022 at 09:13:56PM +0200, Timo Röhling wrote: > * Wouter Verhelst [2022-10-07 19:58]: > > I'm not sure I agree with that assessment. I believe DEPs are mostly for > > discussing changes that can then be voluntarily implemented by > > individual package maintainers; whereas this is

Re: Multi-package projects

2022-10-08 Thread Niels Thykier
Hi, Debian does not have a good way to manage projects that require changes to large numbers of source packages to be successful. Handling projects like that currently requires buy-in from each individual package maintainer; if the project does not manage to convince sufficient numbers of maintai

Re: Multi-package projects

2022-10-08 Thread Niels Thykier
[...] Here are things I think the RT style composition has going for it. [... long list of praise for the RT ...] > Hi, I agree that the RT has a long list of pros for this role. However, I feel this discussing is overlooking one vital detail. Namely that the RT is a thankless job of endle

Re: Multi-package projects

2022-10-07 Thread Timo Röhling
* Wouter Verhelst [2022-10-07 19:58]: I'm not sure I agree with that assessment. I believe DEPs are mostly for discussing changes that can then be voluntarily implemented by individual package maintainers; whereas this is intended to allow those who want the change to actually do the work for th

Re: Multi-package projects

2022-10-07 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Hi Ansgar, On Fri, Oct 07, 2022 at 02:07:55PM +0200, Ansgar wrote: > On Fri, 2022-10-07 at 13:37 +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > - After the merits and problems of the proposed new projects are > >   discussed, the release team decides which projects are accepted for > >   the next release. > >

Re: Multi-package projects

2022-10-07 Thread Wouter Verhelst
during this release cycle or future ones. > >Maintainers of the project are expected to continue to provide > >assistance to maintainers, and future evaluations of multi-package > >projects for future releases may reclassify the project as "failed" > >or

Re: Multi-package projects

2022-10-07 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Fri, Oct 07, 2022 at 05:54:40PM +0100, Luca Boccassi wrote: > > - After the merits and problems of the proposed new projects are > > discussed, the release team decides which projects are accepted for > > the next release. > > (I specifically do not mention what rules the release team shou

Re: Multi-package projects

2022-10-07 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Luca" == Luca Boccassi writes: >> - After the merits and problems of the proposed new projects are >> discussed, the release team decides which projects are accepted >> for the next release. (I specifically do not mention what rules >> the release team should follow in dec

Re: Multi-package projects

2022-10-07 Thread Luca Boccassi
> - After the merits and problems of the proposed new projects are > discussed, the release team decides which projects are accepted for > the next release. > (I specifically do not mention what rules the release team should > follow in deciding which projects to accept -- I trust their >

Re: Multi-package projects

2022-10-07 Thread Ansgar
On Fri, 2022-10-07 at 14:21 +0200, Timo Röhling wrote: > * Wouter Verhelst [2022-10-07 13:37]: > > I've given this some thought over the past few days, and have come > > up > > with something that I believe might work, and I would like to > > submit it > > as a proposal to see what others think. >

Re: Multi-package projects

2022-10-07 Thread Timo Röhling
Hi Wouter, * Wouter Verhelst [2022-10-07 13:37]: I've given this some thought over the past few days, and have come up with something that I believe might work, and I would like to submit it as a proposal to see what others think. Great idea, thank you for your thoughts! It reminds me of the D

Re: Multi-package projects

2022-10-07 Thread Ansgar
On Fri, 2022-10-07 at 13:37 +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > - After the merits and problems of the proposed new projects are >   discussed, the release team decides which projects are accepted for >   the next release. >   (I specifically do not mention what rules the release team should >   follow

Multi-package projects

2022-10-07 Thread Wouter Verhelst
ork the maintainer is doing on the package, and/or additional work, such as autopkgtests. However, in the absense of reasonable package maintainer objections, NMUs should be done at low threshold) - At the beginning of the release cycle, the release team will also set a date at which poi