In another thread, Russ Allbery makes a salient observation [1]:
Requiring ftpmasters to [review debian/copyright before accepting an
upload] is a choice that Debian has made. Maybe it's the right choice,
but other choices exist, and other entities make different choices.
Russ goes on to list several alternative strategies, concluding with
But I do think it's worth occasionally explicitly asking the question and
then making an intentional choice, rather than assuming we're obligated to
continue doing what we're doing.
I agree. This seems to me something worthy of a general resolution on, since
these discussions pop up every 6-12 months and don't go anywhere. I don't
have the stamina to go through with proposing a resolution but I hope others
will.
-Steve
[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2019/12/msg00188.html
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