Re: sponsor rules
On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 06:16:39PM -0400, Susan G. Kleinmann wrote:
> I guess I think that somebody who sponsors an upload under any of the
> conditions which related to this package:
>
> No lintian check.
> Not installable.
> No NM progress -- not even an ID check.
>
> should lose the privilege to sponsor packages until all of the above
> (and any other serious shortcomings) are resolved.
I don't think there is any such thing as a privilege to sponsor
packages. All Debian developers can upload packages, and if they
choose to upload packages prepared by someone else then that is their
responsibility. Sponsorship evolved as an extension of that.
I hold sponsors fully responsible for what they upload.
So, what do we do with developers who upload crap packages? So far
we've glared at them until they stop or get better, and it seems to
work.
(This is why I think the Maintainer field should point at the sponsor,
with the sponsoree's name in the changelog. But not many developers
seem to agree with me on that.)
--
Richard Braakman
Will write free software for money.
See http://www.xs4all.nl/~dark/resume.html
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