Re: long term goals of debian membership
On Jan 19, J?rgen A. Erhard wrote:
> >>>>> "Chris" == Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org> writes:
>
> Chris> [Vain attempt to move to -project]
> Chris> On Dec 03, Brian Mays wrote:
>
> >> Take dpkg, for instance. We don't let just anybody work on
> >> that code. It is far too important to trust to just anybody.
> >> Ian Jackson was careful to guard it against tampering by
> >> unqualified hands, and he was correct to do so.
>
> Does this mean someone wanted to maintain it and was refused to do so
> because "the Developers" didn't deem them good enough?
>
> I'm not a developer, so I don't know what happened on -private, but
> AFAIK, there was nothing of the sort on -devel or some other important
> list.
>
> So, I consider this a smokescreen...
>
> [...]
>
> Chris> But your general point is well-taken.
>
> Not from me...
You've redacted so much of the context I don't even remember what
general point Brian was making. If you'd remind me, I might be able
to explain why it was well-taken :) Suffice it to say, it had nothing
to do with dpkg or anything on -private; my recollection is that iwj
treated dpkg as his personal fiefdom long after he stopped actively
working on it. I don't think anyone other than iwj said "nobody but
iwj is trusted enough to work on this package"; rather, I think our
tradition of developer sovereignty may have led to a breakdown in
active package maintenance. IMHO of course.
Chris
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