Bug#573745: Please decide on Python interpreter packages maintainership
Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org> writes:
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 05:57, Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> wrote:
>> I would like this to not slip back into limbo again, since it's clear
>> that the problem is neither going to go away nor is provoking any
>> substantively new discussion. I think we should take some time to
>> craft a reasonable ballot, but I'd like us to start voting on this
>> within a week or two and reach some sort of conclusion.
> thanks for trying to push this to an end drafting a vote (which is good)
> but a question come to my mind: do you think it's correct to try to
> conclude this process without any public statement from Matthias on the
> matter? I'm thinking about a long reply, but even a quick note.
I would love to have a public statement from Matthias on the subject. I
think it would be very helpful. However, as stated in the constitution,
Debian cannot require anyone to do work. That includes making public
statements where they don't want to. Matthias has no obligation to do
anything that he doesn't want to; Debian is a volunteer project. (Of
course, when determining a question like this where communication is a big
part of the matter in question, it is relevant to the decision whether or
not people have or can make the time and effort -- which in contentious
issues I realize can be substantial -- to reply to issues related to the
maintenance of the Python packages.)
> I mean, part of the problems we've tried to highlight are the lack of
> public communications, and that has manifested itself with no
> contributions to this bug. Has the CTTE tried to indicate Matthias to
> reply? (maybe coming from a high rank ctte might be more well received.)
> Is it something you think it's important?
I believe that's been attempted several times over the long history of
this bug. I certainly intend to invite him to reply once we have an idea
of what the ballot might be, since I would like to know what he thinks
before voting.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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