On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 01:27:33PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote: > Hi all, > > As part of the TU meetings it was decided to post the proposal for > restricting packages entering [community] here for discussion before voting. > Here is the current wording: > > [proposal] > > * Only "popular" packages may enter the repo, as defined by 1% usage from > pkgstats or 10 votes on the AUR. > > * Automatic exceptions to this rule are: > - i18n packages > - accessibility packages > - drivers > - dependencies, including makedeps and optdeps > - packages that are part of a collection and are intended to be distributed > together, provided the primary part of this collection satisfies the > definition of popular > > * Any additions not covered by the above criteria must first be proposed on > the aur-general mailing list, explaining the reason for the exemption (e.g. > renamed package, new package) at which point a general consensus from the > TUs will be reached. TUs with large numbers of "non-popular" packages are > more likely to be rejected. > > * TUs are strongly encouraged to move packages they currently maintain from > [community] if they have low usage. No enforcement will be made, although > resigning TUs packages may be filtered before adoption can occur. > > [end proposal] Thank you for taking the initiative to put this forward Allan. I really think we've had enough discussion about this topic. Nevertheless the motion requires a set discussion period and voting period.
How about five days discussion, and five days voting? Cheers!
