Re: Too much disruptive NMUs
On 23/05/10 at 12:32 +0200, Ricardo Mones wrote:
> On Sun, 23 May 2010 08:40:44 +0200
> Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> wrote:
>
> > > This one is not even fixing a serious bug:
> >
> > So? NMUs are not only for serious bugs.
>
> Then, as Ana said, the developers reference should be changed because
> that's just the opposite of the first point in 5.11.1 "When and how to do
> an NMU": «Does your NMU really fix bugs? Fixing cosmetic issues or
> changing the packaging style in NMUs is discouraged.»
I think that this should be read as "NMUIng when your only changes are
cosmetic issues is discouraged". If you are doing an NMU anyway (to fix
a real bug), I don't think that it should be discouraged to fix other
small issues at the same time, if those changes are reasonable.
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