Re: NEW handling ...
On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 06:43:52PM +0100, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sven Luther:
> > On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 04:36:25PM +0100, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> > > - check that the package names are sane, don't conflict, and
> > > aren't gratuitiously many (a -doc package for 10 kbytes of
> > > documentation...) (what's the current opinion on that, anyway?)
> >
> > Don't you think maintainers are big enough to know how to handle this kind of
> > decisions ? or ask the NEW-team for help before uploading ? If the package
> > causes problem, it could well be removed from the archive afterward or
> > something.
> >
> If you ask the ftpmasters, you'd be surprised...
well, as if they would reply me.
> IMHO it's easier not to let that kind of cruft get into the archive in
> the first place than it is to clean up afterwards.
But they get a full $DELAY number of days to block it if it is needed.
> > Now, again, this is probably something that can get automated
>
> Sure. Some of it.
computers are about automating tasks so humans don't need to handle them. you
only have to be clever enough to tell them to do it and they will do it.
So, you are either overworked or clever, but not both :)
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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