Re: Bits from the DPL
Hi Lucas,
thanks a lot for your comments. Unfortunately it slipped through
my attention - sorry about this.
Am Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 11:23:02AM +0200 schrieb Lucas Nussbaum:
>
> I think that it would be useful to try to phrase delegations in a way
> that states what teams are ultimately responsible for (that is, which
> powers are delegated by the DPL) in addition to stating what their daily
> activities are.
>
> For example, it looks to me that the DFSG Team essentially does two
> things:
>
> * Decide on the interpretation of the DFSG that is applicable to the
> Debian archive, that is, decide which packages are acceptable in the
> Debian archive.
>
> * Decide on the content of the Debian archive (review new packages,
> remove packages that do not match our intepretation of the DFSG).
That's a very good hint. I will respect this in a future delegation.
> Regarding the Archive Team, I'm not sure if it formally requires a
> delegation, as I understand that its activities are mainly about
> supporting other teams (DFSG team, release team, packaging teams) by
> managing the archive and the associated tooling.
IMHO the tasks are connected to certain permissions on the archive.
Shouldn't this be backed up by a delegation?
Sorry for spotting this mail to late and thank you for the hints
Andreas.
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