Re: Debian Maintainers GR Proposal - Use Cases

2007-06-26 Thread Frank Küster
Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > == Upstream Maintainers == [...] > Authorised by: Existing maintainer > Notes: package should be co-maintained by maintainer and upstream, upstream > generally to be expected to be uploading code changes rather than > packaging changes I'm not su

Re: Re:%20Re: Debian Maintainers GR Proposal

2007-06-26 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070625 20:45]: > You're already doing that in the sense that > uploading such a package already instructs the BTS to forwards filed > bugs to that person. For that there luckily is pts subscription available. (So those bugs cannot be hidden by closing them befo

Re: Debian Maintainers GR Proposal - Use Cases

2007-06-26 Thread cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)
On Monday 25 June 2007, Anthony Towns wrote: > == Sponsored Maintainers = > > For packages that're maintained by non-DDs on an ongoing basis via > sponsored uploads, DM status provides the sponsor with the opportunity > to change the upload priveleges from "default-deny" to "default-allow" > on

Re: Debian Maintainers GR Proposal - Use Cases

2007-06-26 Thread MJ Ray
Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > == N-M Delays > > This one suck, because NM delays are mostly fixeable, and DM will just > make them not painful at all for DD, depriving the system to be fixed. > This is exactly the use case I fear. > > That's why I'd like

Re: Debian Maintainers GR Proposal - Use Cases

2007-06-26 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 10:13:31AM +0200, cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) wrote: > Do we have any numbers on how many non-DD maintainers we have? I'm part of > that group, but how large a group is this? There are about 2100 unique email address in the Maintainer: and Uploaders: field in the unstable S

Re: Re:%20Re: Debian Maintainers GR Proposal

2007-06-26 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 10:22:48AM +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote: > * Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070625 20:45]: > > You're already doing that in the sense that > > uploading such a package already instructs the BTS to forwards filed > > bugs to that person. > For that there luckily is pts s

Re: Debian Maintainers GR Proposal - Use Cases

2007-06-26 Thread Reinhard Tartler
Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 02:50:59PM +0100, Anthony Towns wrote: >> So here's a proposal for the Debian Maintainers idea that's been floating >> around for some time now [...] >> I've used terms like "initial policy" quite a bit -- [...] > > Shortly before

Re: Debian Maintainers GR Proposal - Use Cases

2007-06-26 Thread Alexander Schmehl
Hi! * Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070626 13:51]: > There are about 2100 unique email address in the Maintainer: and > Uploaders: field in the unstable Sources files. That counts mailing > lists and potentially multiple alternate addresses for DDs as well as > non-DD maintainers of course.

Re: Debian Maintainers GR Proposal - Use Cases

2007-06-26 Thread Felipe Sateler
cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) wrote: > Do we have any numbers on how many non-DD maintainers we have? I'm part of > that group, but how large a group is this? A very long one-liner[1] gets me 992 in the main unstable archive. Of course the number is different since the debian-keyring in the unstable

Re: Debian Maintainers GR Proposal - Use Cases

2007-06-26 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 02:35:56PM -0400, Felipe Sateler wrote: > Someone with access to the real keyrings would be > able to tell you the right number. TTBOMK, the real keyring can be obtained by ssh by DDs, at merkel:/srv/keyring.debian.org/keyrings/debian-keyring.gpg and via anonymous

Re: Debian Maintainers GR Proposal - Use Cases

2007-06-26 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 09:18:57AM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote: > However, like Pierre, I'm not convinced that the numbers of actually > interested people is large. FWIW, I'm happy to put the work into this even if not many people end up using it. Cheers, aj signature.asc Description: Digital si

Re: Debian Maintainers GR Proposal - Use Cases

2007-06-26 Thread Felipe Sateler
Anthony Towns wrote: > On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 02:35:56PM -0400, Felipe Sateler wrote: >> Someone with access to the real keyrings would be >> able to tell you the right number. > > TTBOMK, the real keyring can be obtained by ssh by DDs, at > > merkel:/srv/keyring.debian.org/keyrings/debian-keyr

Re: Debian Maintainers GR Proposal - Use Cases

2007-06-26 Thread Paul Cager
On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 09:18:57AM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote: > However, like Pierre, I'm not convinced that the numbers of actually > interested people is large. I suspect one reason that this thread hasn't resulted in many people expressing an interest is that non-DDs tend not to read debian-vot

Re: Debian Maintainers GR Proposal - Use Cases

2007-06-26 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO En cette nuit nuageuse du mercredi 27 juin 2007, vers 01:06, Paul Cager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > I'm a fairly active (non-DD) member of the Java Packaging team, and I > also maintain a couple of non-Java packages. Although I'm starting to > become reasonably skilled at Java packaging,