Enrico Zini dijo [Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 04:58:22PM +0100]: > > > The first bit that I wanted to add to it was "Things to do before asking > > > questions from the templates", where I'd like to condensate some of the > > > things discussed during Debconf. > > > > Ah. Are there records of those discussions? Was DAM involved? It > > seems to involve trying to reduce the templated questions asked so I was > > wondering how as an AM you know if you've asked enough to satisfy FD and > > DAM. > > The notes have been posted here: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-newmaint/2009/07/msg00034.html > > I think that the main thing that can be extracted from the notes to > answer your question is this one: > > - common sense is more effective that you'd imagine > > I'm neither part of FD nor DAM, but that was IIRC the consensus during > the BOF. A couple of weeks before this discussion, I was talking about this same topic with Mako, who stopped by for some days in Mexico (and who I am adding as a Cc: in case he does not follow -newmaint). He strongly stressed that he never follows the template questions, and I found his position quite sound. Although more time-consuming and engaging for the AM (and possibly for FD+DAM at the review, as they would not be familiar at all with the topics discussed), engaging in a true conversation leading to find the weakest -or most interesting- spots in an applicant's P&P and T&S. Mako told me he used to push people to stay away from templates, but is less pushy nowadays as he is less active/visible here. He told me he would publish (at least in an AM-visible way) a couple of his mail interchanges — I believe we can learn a bit from that approach. So, this mail is basically to push him to do so :) -- Gunnar Wolf • gwolf@gwolf.org • (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244
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