Re: other candidates opinion about project scud

[Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de> wrote:

> Your definition of "team" probably differs from the one the Scud people
> use.
> 
> To pick a not-so-random example: To solve the "too-long NEW queue"
> problem, you'd have a meeting with <10 people if you want to actually
> accomplish something. If you round up 300+ active DDs and put them in one
> room, mailing list or IRC channel instead, reaching that goal becomes
> somewhat unlikely.

If there's a problem that needs solving, then the right people to
discuss it with are the people that can do something about it. In the
NEW queue case, that would be the ftp-masters. Having a pre-chosen DPL
team doesn't reduce the number of people that you have to talk to.

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