On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 10:45:55PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Mon, 07 Sep 2009, Steve Langasek wrote: > > I think the devref discussions (incl. bug traffic) need to be moved onto > > debian-policy. We already have any number of bugs getting redirected from > > policy to the devref, so it's not as though there would be a massive traffic > > increase; and it would put the right set of eyeballs on the changes to > > ensure the result actually reflects best practices. > I think it's a good idea, at least it's worth trying. That should however > not mean that only delegated policy editors can maintain the package... > maintainership should still be relatively open like it has always been. > It might mean however that we might want to formalize the process > somewhat. Correct, I don't mean to imply that the policy editors should be responsible for the devref. I think they already have their hands full and we shouldn't demand that they take on more. One thing I didn't say before is that, /in theory/, I'm willing to help with maintenance of the devref package if the problem of public-by-default change process is addressed. I didn't mention this because I don't want to mislead anyone into thinking I'm committing to being active on the package - rather, every time I've thought of volunteering to help with the devref (which I agree is an important document), the lack of public process has been a blocker for me. While the people who've maintained the devref over the years are developers whose technical judgement I have a good deal of confidence in individually, when it comes to deciding "best practices", it's just too small and self-selecting a set and I'm not willing to be seen as endorsing this model by putting my own name on it. As far as process formalization, the existing http://wiki.debian.org/PolicyChangesProcess seems an obvious choice to me. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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