Re: finally end single-person maintainership
On May 20, 2024 7:54:46 PM UTC, Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@bzed.de> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>On Sun, 2024-04-07 at 16:44 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
>>
>> Do you think that mandating Salsa is a sensible step in this
>> direction?
>
>
>Absolutely.
>
>Also I think requiring a common git layout and the usage of recent
>versions of dh should be required. Using merge requests instead of
>sending patches should be recommended, or at least we could have a
>service that creates and maintains merge requests based on patches
>found in bug reports.
>
>All these things should make it much more easy for other people or
>automated tools to send merge requests or keep maintaining a package in
>case the original maintainer becomes MIA.
Mandating a specific git layout is a big jump from not requiring a VCS at all. Do you really think we should remove packages from Debian which don't conform to a specific layout (in my mind, that's the implication of mandating it)?
Scott K
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