Re: ABI handling for linux-2.6
Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> writes:
> On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 11:37:38PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> An abi change in the kernel is exactly the same as an abi change in
>> say mozilla. When the abi changes all modules/plugins have to be
>> recompiled. Same thing.
>
> Sure, and i believe that in the same way that in the kernel case, the mozilla
> handling of the subset of packages involved could be delegated to the mozilla
> team.
>
> The problem is that we have a centralized situation where a few busy people
> are in charge, and their not doing it in a timely fashion may block lot of
> other uninvolved persons.
>
> The debian way of handling this kind of issues has always been to use a
> distributed method, and no strong central control.
>
> If a team is responsible over a given set of packages, it should have the
> final word on it, and not be treated like some group of idiot who have to be
> controlled and cannot be thrusted.
Rofl. Never heard any rumor about the debian cabal? All those I
believe are caused by a strong central control by a few people over
other peoples work. Like ftp-master has over the NEW queue.
Debian has far too many of those (often one person) bottlenecks.
MfG
Goswin
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