Re: DEP1: Clarifying policies and workflows for Non Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)
Le Fri, May 30, 2008 at 09:45:57AM +0200, Bas Wijnen a écrit :
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> Yes, communication is good. We have several media for it, the two most
> important ones being mailing lists and the BTS (IMO). This DEP proposes
> to use the BTS for communication about NMUs. It was that way already
> AFAIK, although some people seem to think private mail was needed as
> well. To avoid any confusion, we should make it explicit in any case.
> If many people think private mail is needed before uploading to DELAYED,
> please speak up and we'll require that. To me, that would pretty much
> disable all usability of DELAYED, but that may be just me...
Hi Bas, Richard, Lucas,
the DEP says:
- must use BTS,
- usage of DELAYED is recommended.
This means that people can opt out using DELAYED, but must post something
in the BTS. I think that the problem is not whether the communication is
public in the BTS or private, it is that "something the BTS" does not
imply communication. One can send a patch to the BTS and upload a NMU
without ever asking if it is welcome. Therefore I would much prefer that
the DEP clarifies this by writing that the use of DELAYED is mandatory
if the NMUer does not ask if the upload is welcome.
Have a nice day,
--
Charles Plessy
http://charles.plessy.org
Wakō, Saitama, Japan
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