On 2022/07/14 14:52, Steve McIntyre wrote:
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.
I believe an ITP is even helpful in that case. It's happened on many packages before that the package had an issue and not accepted by FTP team, and then eventually the ITP got renamed to an RFP. Also, if I want to package something, I (and tools like reportbug) check whether there are ITPs/RFPs filed. I /don't/ check whether the package is in NEW.
So, in short, I think that filing ITPs is still a good practice and the times where it should be left out are really some edge / special cases.
-Jonathan