Re: Removing orphaned packages from testing
On 17/02/09 at 20:46 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> If we're talking about a group of people taking collective responsibility
> for keeping orphaned packages kicking along, I guess I'm not sure how that
> differs from what we already have right now. (Although using a shared
> source control system for orphaned packages while they're in the care of
> the QA group seems like a good idea.)
On the other hand, putting orphaned packages in a shared VCS increases
the barrier to helping with orphaned packages. The current solution is
to use the archive as VCS, by uploading new versions of the packages as
soon as changes are made.
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