On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 18:32:54 +0000 Scott Kitterman <deb...@kitterman.com> wrote:
> While I do take advantage of this for a few packages, I don't > personally care much either way. I suspect that packages will be > removed from team maintenance as a result though and I think that's > a bad idea. > > I'd prefer the current approach over people removing packages from > the team, so I think it's important that anyone who feels strongly > enough about this to do so, speak up. For me, the weaker collaboration option that the DPT provides is key to putting my packages under a team umbrella. As I find myself completely AFK for up to a month at a time for both work and private reasons, having a knowledgeable bunch of developers around with full access to my packages (VCS and CI included) is a definite plus, if only out of a strong sense of responsibility. The same goes for benefiting from the shared knowledge of the team, including routine fixes and similar minor changes being rolled out across all packages in the team. That said, I'm very careful not to spend more time on volunteer efforts than I can afford to, and not looking to offload the full maintenance of any of my packages. Upstream involvement often gives me advance knowledge of upcoming releases, their compatibility issues and other quirks, which in turn helps avoid problems on the Debian end. I do not share the optimism that documenting such details somewhere in individual packages - as suggested elsewhere in this thread - would be effective to avoid trouble; more so considering that the inability to stick to a single, concise, and rather clear team policy is ultimately what triggered this whole discussion in the first place. As for the inclusion of codes of conduct or similar wording, documenting common sense just feels unnecessary. While being on the receiving end of a compliment for bug-squashing work is certainly nice, the lack thereof isn't a measure of disrespect. I cannot recall any discussion on the team's IRC channel or mailing list crossing that line.
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