Re: NRSS has been deprecated [#696302]
On Wed, Nov 09, 2016 at 11:24:37PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 08:58:53PM +0100, Adam Borowski wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 06:55:33PM +0000, Clint Adams wrote:
> > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 06:28:41AM +0100, Adam Borowski wrote:
> > > > A maintainer would then file "ITR: dasher" and wait for responses before
> > > > requesting RM.
> > >
> > > Why wouldn't you orphan first?
> >
> > It answers a different question.
> >
> > Orphaning means "I don't have time to maintain this package anymore but
> > believe it's worth keeping for now" (as otherwise it'd be a RM).
> >
> > Intending to remove means "I don't think this package is useful at all, in
> > its present state nor any state within a reasonable amount of work. Does
> > anyone disagree?".
>
> What you are suggesting is a proper process for handling all source
> removals, instead of the current practice where the maintainer can
> just submit an "RM: dasher" and a few hours later the package is gone?
Not all removals, merely those when the situation is not obvious.
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