Re: 2 months and no upload for pkg
Daniel Pocock writes ("Re: 2 months and no upload for pkg"):
> It may not simply be the person
>
> Somebody uploading packages where they are also the upstream may know
> the copyright situation inside out and just cut and paste
> debian/copyright from one package to the next and it is always correct.
>
> Somebody ambitious who works on packages they are less familiar with
> or really monstrous packages may well miss things from time to time
> and be deterred by such a system. Then we have less people willing to
> attack such monstrous packages.
There is a tradeoff here, between 1. the interests of users and
developers of the `monstrous' package, and 2. the interests of
ftpmaster and the users and developers of everything else.
The costs of such a `monstrous' package should be borne by those who
are working on it and want to see it in Debian. It is true that that
means that such packages are less likely to be in Debian than smaller
or easier ones. We should not try to fix that by redirecting core
team effort to fix big and difficult packages.
For the packager of such a `monstrous' package, there is a simple
answer: get someone else to review the package until you are
sufficiently confident about the package that the risk to your own
reputation is acceptable.
In general, if you are not confident that your package's copyright
licensing (and whatever else ftpmaster would be concerned about) is
correct, it is not fair or reasonable to upload it anyway and rely on
ftpmaster to find and fix your problems.
> Ultimately, the person who made the package may be using it anyway and
> such delays may only inconvenience other users of a package, including
> the rest of the community.
That is of course a matter for them.
Ian.
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