Re: Co-maintaining Kaffe
Stefan Gybas wrote:
Ean has already stated that Arnaud and Ben should be a co-maintainer of
Kaffe in
http://lists.debian.org/debian-java/2004/debian-java-200401/msg00086.html.
Why should Arnaud not upload if Ean is not responding? Ean should IMHO
not be the "main maintainer" and decide about uploads if other
maintainers do most of the work and are in closer contact with upstream.
I'm not arguing that Arnaud shouldn't upload. I'm arguing that the
uploads should have been NMUs until Ean either changes the Uploaders:
field, or sends email that says "you are co-maintainers; go ahead and
change the Uploaders: field." The mail you reference comes close to
making Ben & Arnaud co-maintainers, but doesn't in fact do so.
My point is that however much you don't want Ean to be the main
maintainer, he is currently. Changing that should be done either by
petitioning him to change the status himself, or by going through the
standard methods to change a maintainer like announcing an intent to
hijack/work through the debian-qa group.
Ean is IMHO being very calm and professional about this whole thing. One
only has to read debian-devel for a month or so to see examples lesser
examples of stepping on a developer's prerogatives like NMUs generate
short tempers and massive flame wars.
Bob
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