Re: [Debian-med-packaging] Question about proper archive area for packages that require big data for operation
Laszlo Kajan <lkajan@debian.org> writes:
> On 23/04/13 18:48, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> Discussing it on debian-devel seems right, but I would also draw it to
>> ftp-master's attention, since they're the people who have to worry
>> about archive size). We can easily move on to modifying Policy if
>> there's a consensus to let packages like that pull the data down from
>> some external source.
> How to gauge that consensus?
Generally the way it works is that if no one objects to the idea, we bring
it up on the Policy list, where we have a somewhat more formal process
that involves seconds or objections.
I think the ideal from a usability standpoint would be to just upload the
data directly to the Debian archive, though. It's just a question of how
big of packages we want to handle through the mirror network, or whether
it's worth the effort to create a separate archive of huge data packages.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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