On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:42:26 -0400 icelinux@icelinux.net wrote: > Quoting Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org>: > > > If you are going to be the Debian Maintainer for this package, you > > should be able to at least understand error reports from the package > > which is very difficult if you don't understand the interpreter output > > in the case of python. > > Consider the following: > I was of the understanding that the purpose of the unstable version > was to determine if there were bugs in a package which needed to be > corrected before release. It is the job of the maintainer to avoid as many bugs as possible before upload and to fix the ones discovered by others with reasonable promptness by uploading a fixed version - if necessary, in collaboration with upstream. > If the software goes into the testing distribution and is found to > contain bugs, then it will have no overall negative impact upon the > Debian release is those bugs are not fixed as the software will be > withheld from the release. Many bugs are found (and fixed) in unstable. Serious bugs cause the package to be removed from (or prevented from entering) testing. This causes more work for the overloaded Release Managers and maintainers who abuse/ignore/neglect or otherwise upset the RM team are not well regarded by sane maintainers. Upsetting RM is a LARGE NEGATIVE. Nothing you have said so far makes me think that you are willing to discharge the responsibilities of a maintainer in Debian with any level of competence. You appear to be deliberately misinterpreting advice from all quarters and I do not have time to pursue this discussion beyond this email. Please re-read the documentation and file a RFP bug against WNPP for scsiaddgui. If someone is interested, that person can do the job that you seem to be unwilling to perform. > If the software is found to have a non-security related bug after > release, according to my understanding Debian only releases security > fixes so this will not be addressed. You really like making work for other people, don't you? Do you plan to fix ANY of your own bugs? You are proposing to add a package to Debian so YOU and YOU ALONE are primarily responsible for fixing the bugs introduced into Debian by your package. As a non-DD your sponsor can help you but the final accountability lies with you. > If the software does have a security issue then between the security team and > the author of the software this should be able to be addressed. No. It is YOUR job to liaise between Debian and upstream. > Please inform me of any errors in the aforementioned conclusions and > foreseeable issues which would constitute there actually being a > problem with creating a package to go into the unstable distribution > for testing. Please re-read the docs. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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