Making packages available to Debian users (was: Bug#659047: RFS: rpg - Readable Password Generator)
Vladimir Stavrinov <vstavrinov@gmail.com> writes:
> But for a last at least 15 years I've wrote tens of such scripts, that
> I am using for years in my work and life with enjoy and no problems.
> And now, I think, why don't make those lot of software available for
> Debian users? But I see: because there are army of formidable guards
> like You on the way into Debian.
You are receiving criticism and resistance because your proposal is to
put these packages *in Debian*. There is, for very good reasons, a
barrier to entry there: Debian should be a coherent operating system
composed of parts working well together. It should not be a bag of
arbitrary packages. Just because someone likes a work is not sufficient
reason to put it in Debian.
You express the desire to “make those [works] available for Debian
users”, and imply that the right way to do this is to submit the
packages for inclusion in Debian. That's far from true.
Instead, you should make these works available to people as Debian
packages, but not argue for their inclusion *in* Debian until they have
demonstrated a track record of being useful to numerous Debian users and
that they can continue to be maintained in the face of bug reports and
requests for improvement.
Please don't attempt to do an end-run around that by arguing for their
inclusion in Debian because you, alone so far, find them attractive.
That's getting it backward. Instead, maintain them as publicly-available
works, ensure their maintenance as distinct useful packages, and only
then advocate for their inclusion in Debian.
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Ben Finney
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