Re: Proposal of new "admin" pseudo BTS package
On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Christian Hammers wrote:
> Hello
>
> I got the feeling that starting a discussion Cc'd to debian-admin
> is senseless as they seem too busy to answer.
> (See current mega-threads in debian-private that could have easily
> ended by a single definite statement by the admins)
>
> I therefore propose to create a pseudo bug packages for "mail" issues (and/or
> maybe one for general "admin" topics) like the existing "lists.debian.org" or
> "www.debian.org".
>
> This would surely not a way to make them act faster but a way to keep
> track of open issues and a place where everybody can make a short comment
> to an issue. Also if everybody could see that there are too much open
> issues in a special area the one in charge could ask for more or better
> volunteers.
That's not how it works. You can't create a new place for those who do work
to check for things to do. That'll just increase their load.
Get those who would supposedly benefit from this to agree. However, if they
prefer the current way of doing things, you can't force it down their throat.
ps: Speaking both as a member of the bug team, and as a local debian admin.
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