On Tue, 2024-07-23 at 05:53 +0200, Tobias Frost wrote: > On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 04:37:18AM +0100, Phil Wyett wrote: > > On Tue, 2024-07-23 at 05:20 +0200, Tobias Frost wrote: > > > There are corner cases (e.g sponsoree has already a sponsor) where an > > > RFS is not needed, but as the rfs-howto says, generally it should be > > > done as documented, and that is using RFS bugs. > > > > > > Have you experience cases where people do not file RFS bugs but should > > > have? (/me only looking for RFS bugs, so I don't have that data.) > > > > > > > Morning Tobias, > > > > I have experienced such cases, but usually get people to file an RFS > > eventually. This takes time that I would prefer to be using for other things. > > > > I understand the documentation as you do, but needed wisdom to now know to be > > able to advocate to mentors submitters that filing an RFS and add also the > > fact that it is also likely to be looked at quicker. > > > > No RFS because of having a sponsor. These can languish on mentors with no > > ongoing information being present or added. Could an RFS also be required for > > this case for clarity and we then know the supposed sponsor is aware, taken > > ownership and marked as pending on bts? > > No, I don't think that we should *require* an RFS. > > Possibly the language on mentors.d.n could be tweaked to indicate that > a RFS it is even more clear that the sponsoree *wants* a RFS, or mentors > tweaked that it will print a warning if "needs sponsor: yes" is ticked. > > (A a side note, in Debian there are usually multiple ways to archive something, > as there are many workflows. It is uncommon in Debian to exactly say that you > have to follow exactly one procedure, so e.g requiring a RFS would be a odd > thing to do) > > > Regards > > > > Phil > > Hi Tobias, Tweaking the language maybe a good idea. I know and understand Debian has many workflows and we do ask for one specific method of people. Regards Phil -- "I play the game for the game’s own sake" Arthur Conan Doyle - The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans -- Internet Relay Chat (IRC): kathenas Website: https://kathenas.org Instagram: https://instagram.com/kathenasorg/ Buy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/kathenasorg --
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