Re: Why isn't queue/new world-readable?
Op do, 13-01-2005 te 19:24 +0100, schreef Florian Weimer:
> * Martin Michlmayr:
>
> > * Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> [2005-01-13 18:27]:
> >> Why isn't queue/new world-readable, i.e. accessible to DDs?
> >>
> >> Wouldn't it a good idea to support peer review from DDs at the
> >> earlierst possible stage?
> >
> > Because of crypto in main, see
> > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2002/03/msg00019.html
> >
> > | What happens once you've uploaded is this:
> >
> > | * The package gets moved from /org/ftp.debian.org/queue/unchecked
> > | to queue/new (within about 15m of the upload), and everything
> > | but the .changes is made readable only by ftpmaster to ensure
> > | any crypto software doesn't get accidently exported before
> > | it's been notified about.
> >
> > See also
> > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2002/02/msg00006.html
>
> This is not a sufficient justification because debian-admin &c include
> non-US citizens.
So? The alternative would be that debian users and developers would
include /no/ US citizens.
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