Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?
On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 14:39:02 +0200, Loïc Minier <lool+debian@via.ecp.fr> said:
> Hi,
> On Sat, Jul 29, 2006, Anthony Towns wrote:
>> What if we introduced the concept of "area" maintenance? Like
>> saying "Matthew Garrett is part of our hardware support team, so
>> can thus NMU any package that needs changes to support that release
>> goal."
> Can you give other use cases than hardware support?
> I think it would be a great idea if it were applied to
> cross-package integration in general, not to specific task in
> particular. I am not sure I would like a static list of
> areas/teams such as hardware support team, security team, GNOME
> team, etc.; but I would appreciate temporary special powers for
> e.g. transitions or implementation of a spec people have agreed
> upon, some examples:
Does that not mandate a a far more stringent template on
./debian/rules (no yada, no cdbs, select one of quilt/dpatch) and
maintainer scripts (no Perl)?
manoj
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