Re: GR proposal: mandating VcsGit and VcsBrowser for all packages, using the "gbp patches unapplied" layout, and maybe also mandating hosted on Salsa

[Vincent Bernat <bernat@debian.org>]

 ❦ 24 juillet 2019 21:29 +00, Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com>:

>>> This entire discussion feels to me like a small group of developers
>>> trying to tell the rest of us "my way or the highway". We are
>>> perfectly capable of phasing out obsolete workflows without a hammer
>>> like a GR (remember dpatch).
>>
>>Without a GR, the outcome is decided by a shouting contest. A GR seeems
>>great to know if people are a majority or not.
>
> 50% + 1 of developers mandating details like this to 50% - 1 of
> developers is a horrible way to solve problems like this.

Still better than 10% mandating details like this to 90%.

> If you want people to do things a certain way, have it solve problems
> that cause people to decide they want to use it. Once you get rough
> consensus on the new way, change policy.

So, this is the shouting contest. A few people can post messages and
make it appear there is no consensus.
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