Re: Updating the FTP Master delegation
On Wed, 2025-08-20 at 18:22 +0100, Sean Whitton wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Wed 20 Aug 2025 at 05:17pm +02, Joerg Jaspert wrote:
>
> > On 17690 March 1977, Andreas Tille wrote:
> >
> > > Any previous Debian Policy delegation not explicitly listed above is
> > > revoked. The delegation is not time-limited and will be effective until
> > > further changes by present or future Project Leaders.
> >
> > So any previous FTPMaster delegation is still in force, as it did not get
> > revoked? And we do not have any policy delegation anymore, as none was listed?
> >
> > Or asked differently: How strict do we go with words in those entirely formal
> > delegation mails? We all know what is meant, for sure, but does that count?
>
> This is the third or fourth time this has happened with the Policy delegation!
I'm lost here since I have no context about this topic.
But does that mean the practice is not consistent with the official announcement?
It sounds like either the delegation announcement needs an errata, or there is
some problem in the delegation execution in practice. None of them sounds minor.
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