Re: feedback for NEW packages: switch to using the BTS?
On April 29, 2022 11:04:57 PM UTC, Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> wrote:
>On Fri, 2022-04-29 at 13:36 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>
>> Just to clarify: is this suggesting that packages from NEW would end
>> up in the archive even with serious bugs? If not, what's the point of
>> the "eventual removal" above? I'm not following you here...
>
>No, the bugs I propose to be filed would be filed *while* the package
>is in NEW and then *after* the serious ones are all fixed, that is a
>positive indication that the package is probably suitable for an ACCEPT
>action by the ftpmasters, although of course a final review is needed.
I don't understand why this is any better than just rejecting the package? Once it's been determined that the upload won't be accepted, I don't see a benefit to having it remain in New.
Scott K
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