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Re: [DRAFT] DPMT and PAPT is DPT now



On 2020-09-14 17 h 42, Christian Kastner wrote:
> Hi Ondřej,
> 
> On 2020-09-14 10:39, Ondrej Novy wrote:
>> for simplification we merged two subteams - Debian Python Modules Team
>> and Python Applications Packaging Team into just one: Debian Python
>> Team, DPT.
>>
>> All Salsa repositories are in "packages" subgroup [1] now.
>>
>> We have only one team policy [2] now.
>>
>> And as always, new contributors are welcomed :)
>>
>> [1] https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages
>> [2] https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/tools/python-modules/-/blob/master/policy.rst
> 
> I'm prone to be much too verbose, but seeing as -devel-announce has an
> audience that might lack context and details that are well-known to
> -python, I'd like to suggest the following amended version just in case:
> 
> 
> PAPT and DPMT become DPT
> ------------------------
> 
> Historically, the Debian Python ecosystem was maintained by two separate
> teams: the Debian Python Applications Packaging Team (PAPT) for
> applications, and the Debian Python Modules Team (DPMT) for modules used
> by applications.
> 
> As there was substantial overlap between the members of these teams, their
> work,  and their tooling, these teams have been merged into one: the
> Debian Python Team (DPT).
> 
> [Or whatever the actual history and motivations were; as I said in an
> earlier mail, it was never quite clear to me why two teams were needed
> in the first place]
> 
> 
> Changes
> -------
> 
> This merge mainly affects package maintainers. End users should not see
> a change beyond the Maintainer field of packages.
> 
> For maintainers, the following has changed:
>   * The respective PAPT and DPMT policies are superseded by the new,
>     more compact DPT policy [1]. Please take a few minutes to familiarize
>     yourself with this new policy.
>   * All Salsa repositories are in "packages" subgroup [2] now. Please
>     set Vcs-* fields of new packages accordingly.
>   * The Maintainer field of new packages should now be set to
>     "Debian Python Team <team+python@tracker.debian.org>".
> 
> 
> Migration
> ---------
> 
> On Salsa, redirects have been implemented from the old "applications"
> and "modules" subgroups to the new "packages" subgroup. Vcs-* URLs
> should continue working for now.
> 
> [... and the other migration steps are still being planned, right?]
> 
> 
> [1] https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/tools/python-modules/-/blob/master/policy.rst
> [2] https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages
> 

I like those changes! Sounds good to send as is to me.

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