Hi, Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> (2019-04-25): > On Mon 22 Apr 2019 at 11:03AM -07, Russ Allbery wrote: > > > This was a request from ftpmaster so that they had a contact point for > > each package in the case of any problems. If they're happy for this > > requirement to be removed for d-i packages, we're happy to update Policy > > accordingly. Presumably the d-i team is the contact for anything related > > to udebs, so that may fulfill their requirement. (If they're unhappy, we > > should talk more about it.) > > Hmm, I think you might be forgetting a bit of context -- unless I'm > forgetting something, the main opposition to the 2017 attempt to kill > the human uploaders requirement was that it would make the MIA process > more difficult for the MIA team to carry out. > > Both members and non-members of the MIA team were arguing that. I do > not believe the ftpmasters were involved in that discussion at all. > > ISTM that an exception for d-i packages would be much less > controversial. I don't really see what's so specific about d-i here. We have a number of packages with a well-identified point of contact. Arguably all of debian-*@lists.debian.org could be considered this way (at the very least debian-boot@ and debian-x@, with which I've been involved). Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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