Re: Bug#241689: I'm going to NMU this
On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:09:58 +0100, Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>
wrote:
>Colin Watson writes:
>>On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 03:27:04PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>>> PS: I suppose you also want to bann everyone that uploaded a binary
>>> porting NMU for me and remove all those uploads (which might be a 4
>>> digit number by now)
>>
>>I definitely do not think that any binary upload should ever be
>>sponsored, full stop. If it were feasible to do so I would prefer that
>>those uploads be removed, as in this case the cure is worse than the
>>disease; since it's probably not feasible, I would simply like this
>>practice to stop immediately.
>
>Seconded.
You are aware that many buildds are run by non-DDs and thus need
sponsored binary uploads to get the debs into the archive? Removing
all sponsored binaries means removing most of m68k, for example, if I
recall correctly.
Greetings
Marc
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