On 08/02/2021 12:52, Matthias Klose wrote:
On 2/7/21 3:20 PM, David Bremner wrote:John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> writes:It shouldn't be enough for a package to have its worst bugs fixed like FTBFS or crashes when it gets shipped with a release. Packages that are being shipped with a release should also be properly maintained or not shipped at all.For context, there are currently 929 packages maintained by packages@qa.debian.org. That doesn't count packages that have an inactive maintainer, which is more challenging to quantify.that also doesn't include any team-maintained package with inactive uploaders.
The current model seems to work, this seems to be release the next version of Debian every 2 years (when ready) then a point release update it seems every 2/3 months, other updates are released as and when needed.
I agree if there are major bugs these packages should not make it, but would that encourage people to get involved and help or just moan that package x is no longer available.
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