On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 09:33:39AM -0500, Sam Hartman wrote: > >>>>> "aj" == Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes: > aj> or overloaded with work, or, for that matter, fixing compromised Debian > aj> servers -- do you think it's desirable and possible to: > > aj> * for confirmed bugs with a known fix, upload a fixed package > aj> within a day or two of the patch been sent to the bug log > No, I don't think it is always desirable to do this and certainly my > maintinance style doesn't work well with this methodology. The > problem is there is a fairly high fixed cost to building, testing and > doing release management for a package. Those are really arguments that it's not always /possible/ -- if you weren't having to make those trade offs, I'm sure you'd love to upload fixes within a couple of days if you *could*: > But I think dealing with normal bugs with confirmed fixes in a month > or two is much more reasonable than a day or two. I'd feel > differently if Debian was my primary job or if I found a style of > maintaining packages that worked well for me with this goal. So I don't feel any urge to disagree with anything you've said there. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <aj@humbug.org.au> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. Linux.conf.au 2004 -- Because we can. http://conf.linux.org.au/ -- Jan 12-17, 2004
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