On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 07:33:19PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Fri, 21 Aug 2009, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > I would add a suggestion to the resolution that the CTTE invites > > the ftp-masters to share their reasons with the package maintainer, > > but otherwise the draft above looks OK. > Ok. How about: > 1. The CTTE declines to override ftpmaster's decision to remove > ia32-libs-tools. The CTTE suggests that ftpmaster make a clear > statement regarding the reasoning behind this rejection. > 2. Further Discussion I suggest the following resolution as a ballot option: The Debian Technical Committee: 1. declines to override the ftp team decision to remove the ia32-libs-tools package from the archive, finding insufficient technical justification to warrant an override, and 2. reaffirms the ftp team's authority to exercise their own judgement in deciding to remove packages from the archive, whenever this is done for reasons consistent with the twin mandates to keep the archive operational and to support the archive needs of the Debian Project. The Committee further recommends: 3. that the ftp team recognize that it's important for maintainers to feel empowered and in control of their packages, and therefore be willing to provide, upon a request from any Debian Developer, an accounting of the objective, measurable, technical conditions that a rejected package must meet in order to enter the archive, and 4. that the petitioner and ia32-libs-tools package maintainer, Goswin von Brederlow, solicit the help of an upload sponsor to approach the ftp team in accordance with 3. above, so that any technical obstacles to this package's reintroduction to the archive may be laid out for consideration. Thoughts on this? -- 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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