Re: This is how packaging should be done.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 06:33:07AM -0700, Jeremiah Mahler wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 08:45:12AM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
> > * Jeremiah Mahler (jmahler@pacbell.net) wrote:
> > > In contrast, Debian allows only specific people to add new packages
> > > and only the maintainer can fix their packages. This requires work
> > > by specific people which makes development slow.
> >
> > "Specific people" being the entire set of Debian people, which is a
> > pretty decently sized set of people.
>
> What about the situation where a package is broken and the maintainer
> is unreachable.
Then, if another developer is interested, they NMU it and/or take it
over. It would hardly be the first time this has happened. If somebody
is interested but isn't a developer, they can always take it over with
the aid of a sponsor.
Have you actually tried doing any Debian development, or are you just
raising theoretical objections?
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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