Bug#625449: Permanent BSP patch
On 03/05/11 at 15:38 +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> I agree that the resulting wording of patch is suboptimal, and that
> recommending 0-day NMUs is not the way to go. We are rarely in need for
> action in less than a couple of days in Debian, so the current policy
> seems fine to me.
I'd like to add something else.
The Developers' reference gives recommendations to developers, it is not
binding. If you think that a RC bug needs to be fixed with a 0-day NMU,
you are still free to ignore the recommendation and proceed with your
0-day NMU. However, in the general case, I don't think that we should
*recommend* 0-day NMUs.
I feel that using 0-day NMUs when a 2-day NMU would be enough is a way
to punish the maintainers for the frustration they are causing by not
replying to bugs as fast as one would like. NMUs are already a difficult
process on the social level, and I would like us to avoid making it
worse without any clear improvement of Debian's quality.
- Lucas
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