Re: DPLs : what do you think about ...
Joey Hess wrote:
> Martin Schulze wrote:
> > Oh, this doesn't seem to be entirely true. The FTP maintainers have a lot
> > of hassle with all new packages. Not with regular and known ones for
> > unstable though. Dark just said some days ago that they're partially
> > timely bound to new packages and have only few time to improve maintenance
> > tools.
>
> Yes, new packages are also handled manually, but the new package will be
> uploaded eventually anyway, and this is a one-time load on the maintainers.
> Removing unstable would not change the work due to new packages, it would
> just redistribute it.
And not to forget, add the load spread over 1h per day or so to 50h in a
cluster after release. I don't want to be responsible for such a load on
the ftp maintainers.
> So Ben's argument is even more invalid.
Well, maybe... I wasn't arguing with him anymore. I did that over the
weekend, I don't feel like repeating myself.
Regards,
Joey
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