Re: dehs will stop
Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> su, 2005-03-06 kello 19:28 +0100, Thiemo Seufer kirjoitti:
> > Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote:
> > > Do *not* file 6229 bugs about the same subject. Never.
> >
> > Why not? As wishlist bugs with patch this seems sensible to me.
>
> Denial of service attacks on the bug tracking system, on mailing lists,
> mail servers, and maintainers is unappreciated. 6229 bug reports would
> result in all sorts of unnecessary and unwanted load on all sorts of
> systems and people.
Since preparation of the accompanying patches would take some time,
it is unlikely to cause "denial of service" or "disruption".
[snip]
> > If upstream doesn't publish tarballs, e.g. In this case there won't be
> > a meaningful patch for a watchfile. In any case it's up to the
> > maintainer to decide about its inclusion. I believe most of them will
> > accept such a patch.
>
> Having the watch information in the package means the information
> becomes stale: when the package is part of a Debian release the watch
> information won't get updated when the upstream web site moves, or the
> download URL changes, or whatever.
Yes, it adds some (small) maintenance burden.
> Having a centralized database (say,
> part of package.debian.org) allows that information to be updated
> centrally, continuously, and also without disturbing a thousand
> developers with it.
Do you really expect such a centralized database would be updated
more consistently? By whom?
Thiemo
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