Re: New Package: spamdb 0.1 (source all)
On Sun, 26 Oct 1997, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
>
> Christoph> It was announced on debian-devel-changes. Why another
> Christoph> announcement on debian-devel?
>
> You still don't get it.
>
> *Before* you do work on a package, you should announce as a 'statement of
> intent to start work on a package' to avoid duplication before it
> happends. If it is after the fact, it does not help anyone.
There are lots of other advantages of this policy:
* It helps the (potentially new) maintainer to tap into the experience
of people on the list, and lets them know if any one else is working
on it already
* It lets other people thinking about working on the package know that
there already is a volunteer, and efforts may be shared
* It lets the rest of the maintainers know more about the package than
the one line description and the changelog entry "Initial version"
that generally gets posted to debian-devel-changes by default
* It is helpful to the people who live off unstable (and form our first
line of testers); we should encourage these people
* I think the annoncements gives us a better feel of what is going on,
and what is new, in the project.
* We should not dismiss anybody who installs from usntable and helps us
debug our packages as "fools, fools, you installed from unstable; you
deserve what you get" -- we derive a certain benefit from the alpha
testers
* If we appreciate alpha testers, than any name changes have to be
backwards compatible with the people who already installed the old
package (conflict and relace old package name at a minimum)
I think the most important aspect is to announce the _name_ of the
package, as changing the name later on is a lot of work and can confuse
the users (and developers).
So please announce all new packages on debian-devel _before_ uploading
them!
Thanks,
Chris
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