On Wednesday 16 April 2008 13:17, Jordan Mantha wrote: > Daniel Holbach wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hello everybody, > > > > after a recent discussion about a perceived disconnect between "main > > processes" and "universe processes", I thought a bit about the process > > for NEW Packages. > > Well, just to be clear, there is no disconnect between Main and Universe > when it comes to NEW packages because there is only one "policy". > Packages go through Universe to get to Main. There is no Main NEW > processes (unless you count MIR but I don't think we want to go there). > > > Historically it was introduced to make sure that new packages are of > > tip-top quality when they enter the archive. We started with 3 necessary > > ACKs and changed it to 2 ACKs for non-MOTUs and encouraged MOTUs to get > > an ACK from other MOTUs. I feel we've been very successful with the work > > we've put into Universe and the quality of new packages. > > Entirely too successful, IMO. Around 1/3 of all Universe Ubuntu packages > (ubuntu versioned) are not in Debian which means MOTU is the sole > maintainer. Even if we say 10% are Ubuntu-specific that leaves something > around 700 packages we have to maintain by ourselves or probably at > least 10 packages/MOTU. This is pretty much nuts if you ask me. But > that's another discussion so I won't go any further with that.
I think it's entirely on point. I don't think easier to get new packages into Ubuntu is a problem that really needs solving. Scott K -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
