Re: finally end single-person maintainership
On Mon, 2024-05-20 at 20:47 +0000, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> >
> > 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.
yes, its a big jump, but we are in 2024 and a modern workflow should be
expected from a modern distribution.
> 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)?
no, a grace period is absolutely needed of course. I would start with
rejecting NEW uploads and at some point move to automatic upload by git
tag only.
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