Re: Call for Votes (Re: glibc's getaddrinfo() sort order)
* Steve Langasek (vorlon@debian.org) [071001 02:14]:
> If the maintainer doesn't do the actual work, we have normal NMU rules that
> let non-maintainers fix bugs. I think those are sufficient, and if they
> aren't I don't think we can bootstrap legitimacy here by including it in a
> TC ruling.
I think we could add legitimacy - but I perfer to do that only if really
necessary. (But we don't need to discuss it here for me, I'm happy
enough with just not explicitly authorizing an NMU.)
> Well, it's with AJ's earlier suggestion in mind that I suggested a concrete
> patch be included in this discussion. If we're asked to make a technical
> decision, why leave any ambiguity about the implementation?
Because if the glibc people find a better implementation, they should be
free to do it.
Cheers,
Andi
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