Bug#625449: Permanent BSP patch
On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 03:11:07PM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> * Neil McGovern <neilm@debian.org>, 2011-05-03, 13:25:
> >+Upload fixing only release-critical bugs older than 7 days, without maintainer activity for 7 days: 0 days
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> Oh dear, please don't. I strongly object to this change. (I always
> thought that transient 0-day NMU policy are counter-productive, but
> making it permanent is just plain wrong.)
>
Well, to be blunt, the transient policy has been in place for about 5
years now. This is the current practice and policy of the RMs, so I
beleive it is better do document what is actually happening.
> What's the purpose? The current NMU rules are already extremely liberal.
>
I belive that the reasons can be summed up in the link of the d-d-a
announcement, at:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2006/07/msg00231.html
> What does it mean "without maintainer activity"? Does it mean that
> if the maintainer is working on a fix, he needs to periodically ping
> the bug log to protect himself from NMUers?
>
Yes. If a maintainer is taking more that for a *RC* bug fix, then they
*should* keep the buglog updated with status.
Neil
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