Re: Improper NMU (Re: NMU for libquota-perl)
Martin Wheeler <msw@startext.demon.co.uk> writes:
> On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Sebastian Rittau wrote:
>
> > If you're not able to maintain
> > your packages properly and in a timely manner, and your holding up a
> > major part of the distribution, it's your fault.
>
> I'm interested in this.
> Individuals differ greatly in their working methods.
> So what is considered: "in a timely manner"? (Seriously.)
>
> I have dropped out of several co-operative projects in the past simply
> because I'm a relatively "slow" worker -- i.e. I don't tend to give three
> or four fast responses to collective development _in the same day_.
> I find that sort of speed of progression highly de-motivating.
> Am I alone in this? (I might take up to a week to respond to any
> particular event -- this is normal for _me_.)
>
> I'm curious as to what the expectations of other debian-developers are --
> for example, does not being online 24/7 -- or even once a day --
> effectively create a barrier to participation in collective development
> projects in debian? (Theory would say: No. But what does _practical_
> experience dictate?)
That completly depends on the problem at hand. For example if the
group is fixing a security bug responding a week later probably
doesn't help and you would be left out.
If you discuss where to go next, what parts to improve or how to
extend the interface of a library or such, discussing it for a month
might be normal and needed to get a proper consensus.
> So I guess my question really is: what is "timely"; and what is
> "untimely"?
> Where is it defined? By whom? Does it make sense?
Its a case to case basis, so it full of errors, opinions and
flamewars.
MfG
Goswin
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