On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 02:11:41PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > IMO the solution is simple. *We* as the Debian project should make sure > that core packages of *our* distribution are maintained by people who's > first priority is Debian, and not another distribution. Take care to make sure our core packages are also maintained by: - people whose first priority is Debian, not their family - people whose first priority is Debian, not their education - people whose first priority is Debian, not putting food on the table - people whose first priority is Debian, not their health - people whose first priority is Debian, not their ego Since, if this isn't just a thinly-veiled slander against Canonical and its employees, we'll want to make sure the maintainers of our core packages have *all* their priorities right. > Of course anybody can have real life (as in paid work) interfering with > volunteer work, but when the paid work is for another (competing) > distribution, the conflict of interest Conflict of interest? Oh, disregard the previous comments, then; apparently this /is/ just a thinly-veiled slander. The question of whether someone is doing an adequate job of maintaining a package is a legitimate one. The identity of their employer is immaterial to an objective examination of this question. > From what I've seen about Python maintenance in this and earlier threads it > seems clear that action is warranted. We have had similar situations in > the past that have taken *way* to long to resolve. Let's not delay any > longer this time. > Let's simply give Matthias an ultimatum for presenting a plan for Python in > Debian and (both action and timeline). If he fails to provide that or if > the Debian project is not happy with the plan, others get to take over the > lead in maintaining it. The governing body with the constitutional authority to resolve disputes over package maintainership is the Technical Committee. debian-devel is not the contact address for the TC. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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