Re: DAM and NEW queues processing
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:16:46AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> > Or, more importantly, an actual consistent policy (with rationale) from
> > the ftpmasters to say what they require.
> I think, and I believe the ftpmasters would agree, that they will
> enforce project consensus provided that it doesn't strike them as
> legally dangerous or otherwise seriously problematic. I would rather
> have a consensus than a dictated policy. More people involved means
> more insight into the challenges of different types of packages.
OTOH, relying on consensus instead of a documented policy means practices
will tend to drift over time due to our collective fallibility in
remembering why things were done the way they were.
I would argue this has already happened wrt ftpmaster NEW requirements for
debian/copyright.
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