On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 06:01:39 -0400 Austin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/02/2003 01:52:33 AM, Vincent Danen wrote: > > On Wed Oct 01, 2003 at 04:33:08PM -0400, Austin wrote: > > > You are all missing the easiest solution: > > > --- unite contib and main --- > > > > No way in hell... not the way things currently stand. > > > > The only drawbacks would be: > > > - more security updates (this could lead to safer distro though, ditch > > > the unsafe apps altogether) > > > > Really? Some of those things are in contribs for precisely that reason... > > people need/want the apps but we've recognized them as being unsafe(ish). > > Which would involve more QA, more testing, more post-release support, more > > developers paying attention to what's in contribs, and just plain old more > > of everything. > > Which would not be a problem if we had fewer packges AND more help, right? > > Both of these things are possible in the future. > > > The more packages > > we provide, the more room for error, the more bugs, the more post-release > > support, the more QA, the more testing, the more validation... can I say > > "more more more"? =) > > More support, more QA, more testing, and more validation sounds like a GOOD > > thing to me...
But who is gonna do it? At the moment Vincent is doing updates for stable releases. Doubling the packages with packages from contrib will double the number of packages, but quadruple the work, or even worse. Who is gonna do that if it's not Vincent? -- Marcel Pol
