On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:16:46AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > Or, more importantly, an actual consistent policy (with rationale) from > > the ftpmasters to say what they require.
> I think, and I believe the ftpmasters would agree, that they will > enforce project consensus provided that it doesn't strike them as > legally dangerous or otherwise seriously problematic. I would rather > have a consensus than a dictated policy. More people involved means > more insight into the challenges of different types of packages. OTOH, relying on consensus instead of a documented policy means practices will tend to drift over time due to our collective fallibility in remembering why things were done the way they were. I would argue this has already happened wrt ftpmaster NEW requirements for debian/copyright. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [email protected] [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
