Re: Node.js and it's future in debian
Carsten Hey <carsten@debian.org> writes:
> The origin of what the policy suggests to do if there is no consensus is
> a mail from Guy Maor <879142cjni.fsf@slip-61-16.ots.utexas.edu>, in
> which he writes:
> | That's basically a stick to force developers to reach a consensus.
> Christian Schwarz uploaded this change later in this month.
> I don't think that there ever will be a consensus in all those
> discussions without discussing in a reasonable way (which failed in the
> past multiple times). Previously to this, asking the VP of Engineering
> for a decision was suggested in this thread.
I have to admit that I'm tempted to change Policy from "if there's no
consensus, rename both of them" to "if there's no consensus, try harder to
reach a consensus, and the technical committee decides in last resort."
Most of the time, renaming both of them isn't the right answer.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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