Re: Bug#1014908: ITP: gender-guesser -- Guess the gender from first name

[Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>]

Marc Haber wrote:
>On Thu, 14 Jul 2022 12:54:52 +0100, Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>
>wrote:
>>And I see you uploaded ~immediately - why even bother with an ITP?
>
>Is it proper procedure to upload without an ITP?

IMHO there are 2 points to an ITP:

 * to save effort in case two people might be working on the same
   package
 * to invite discussion on debian-devel / elsewhere

If people post an ITP and upload iummediately, then I don't think that
helps on either count.

If the only reason for the ITP is to make lintian quiet then I think
that's a total waste of time - it's following a guideline blindly
without understanding the reason for it.

How do others feel?

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
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