Re: Bits (Nybbles?) from the Vancouver release team meeting
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 08:54:09 -0500, Andres Salomon
<dilinger@debian.org> wrote:
>On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:32:42 +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
>> I'm a bit disappointed how the decision has been made. I would have
>
>*Is* it a decision, or is it a proposal? The wording is unclear.
I don't think it is unclear at all. The powers that decide have
shifted a little bit, but they still decide without consulting the
developer body, which is _very_ disappointing.
>I personally think the idea is a good one; maintainers can concentrate on
>common architectures, and we can potentially have a sane release cycle.
>Meanwhile, porters can have full control of when and what they release,
>without being constricted by others' deadlines and such. Unfortunately,
>the naming (second class citizen?), and the feeling that their
>architectures are no longer "officially supported", means that people will
>view this as a negative thing.
Additionally, they are being excluded from having access to important
resources, and the possibility of filing RC bugs which is the only way
to get lazy maintainers moving is being taken away.
Greetings
Marc
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