Re: This is how packaging should be done.
Jeremiah Mahler wrote:
> I would not want a system that requires a maintainer to produce packages
> faster. In the article it described a system where anyone could
> contribute non critical packages and they would be available to the
> public immediately.
Sounds like you want a "contributed packages" archive. A good idea, but it
probably should not be on a Debian server.
> Then, maintainers can, at their leisure, work on the package and approve
> it so that it can be used by users that are only willing to use safe
> packages.
The maintainers could look through the stuff in the contributed packages
archive and choose things to put into Debian.
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John Hasler
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Elmwood, Wisconsin
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