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Author Re: package ownership in Debian
Gustavo Franco

2006-07-28, 7:20 pm

On 7/28/06, Simon Richter <Simon.Richter@hogyros.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Gustavo Franco wrote:
>
>
> I propose that under that policy, if someone NMUs a package without
> clearing the patch with the maintainer first, that person is responsible
> for the package until the maintainer acknowledges or reverts the NMU.
>
> The rule of sending a patch to the BTS and giving a bit of time to reply
> serves quality assurance more than it hurts, because you get a second
> opinion, from a person who is familiar with the package.


I reverted my opinion, agreeing with Joerg's idea.

>
> But that is exactly what happens if you force group maintenance on
> everyone. Only that within a group, you cannot even point at somebody
> and say they are responsible for anything.


Every group has at least one admin. I was talking about avoid one-working-man
groups. You always can blame the group and the group admins. Don't we blame
ftpmasters and their members ? XSF ? same deal.

regards,
-- stratus


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