Re: Controlling what's in the archive (Re: MIA, Incompetent and holiday-loving maintainers)
On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 15:24:33 -0800
David Nusinow <dnusinow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 09:52:47PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann wrote:
> > Maybe requirering co-maintainers would be an idea (or a second from a
> > current developer for ITPs). Sponsorship does some of that, but isn't a
> > perfect solution.
>
> I was thinking instead to focus on new maintainers. Require all new
> maintainers to be co-maintainer on some package, or a member of some
> team effort (d-i, X Strike Force, Gnome, KDE, etc) before they can put
> a new package in the archive. The one exception to this is adopting an
> orphaned package. (Note that this only applies to NM's wanting to be
> packagers). This would hopefully prevent archive bloat somewhat, and
> also solve the constant whining about finding a sponsor, because the
> sponsor would be the comaintainer. They'd also have a mentor
> basically built-in to the process, looking over their shoulder to
> make sure everything is Ok. Plus it comes with all the "hey, take care
> of things while I'm lounging on the beach" goodness.
>
Yes, and this would introduce another element of Q.A.
You can never have too much of that.
Regards,
David.
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