On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:53:21 +0200, Alessandro Ghedini wrote: > > This is about the alternative dependencies in the form > > "libFOO-perl (>= x.y) | perl (>= 5.1x)" > > that can be turned around once perl 5.1x enters unstable, as has > > happened for 5.12 und 5.14. > > So this is a simple grep + sed or similar over all our packages and a > > friendly mass-commit. > > (Also kind of recurring, just the versions change) > Does this also includes fixing all the "versioned-dependency-satisfied-by-perl" > lintian warnings? [0] > http://lintian.debian.org/tags/versioned-dependency-satisfied-by-perl.html Ah, yes, that's the same category, thanks for adding it. > > > As a conclusion, perhaps we should reorganize this page by putting > > > aside: > > > * the tasks that must be done by experienced team members, or > > > finished by the ones who started it (e.g. all the unclear "is > > > there something left?" kind of tasks) > > > * the tasks that can be done by newcomers in the team. > > Regorganizing the "Packages/tools" section of the page seems like a > > good idea to me; I'd rather divide it by type of action (like the > > recurring tasks you mentioned above) than by target group. If the > > items become clearer, I think everyone can perform them. > Maybe assigning a priority to the tasks too? Nothing too elaborate, but e.g. > updating packages before the freeze and fixing RC bugs are a bit more urgent > than rewriting packagecheck or forwarding the patches upstream (which can be > done at any time). No objections against priorities or deadlines; I just think that adding "fix (RC) bugs" is not so helpful since this is a "default task" for us anyway & always :) Cheers, gregor -- .''`. Homepage: http://info.comodo.priv.at/ - OpenPGP key 0xBB3A68018649AA06 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, and developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: Tori Amos: Yes, Anastasia
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