Hello, Gustavo Franco wrote: > * The package that contains only the Maintainer field with the name of > a person and not a group can be uploaded by any DD. ping the current > maintainer is good but not required; I propose that under that policy, if someone NMUs a package without clearing the patch with the maintainer first, that person is responsible for the package until the maintainer acknowledges or reverts the NMU. The rule of sending a patch to the BTS and giving a bit of time to reply serves quality assurance more than it hurts, because you get a second opinion, from a person who is familiar with the package. > The core stuff will be more flexible and well maintained, if we don't > have groups where just one person do all the work and others are there > just to look cool. But that is exactly what happens if you force group maintenance on everyone. Only that within a group, you cannot even point at somebody and say they are responsible for anything. Simon
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