Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 12:40:53AM +0000, Gareth Pearce wrote: > >>Hmmm I was under the impression that for a package to be accepted it needed >>a) - someone to check it for packaging. >>b) - at least 3 votes saying that it is desired to be seen in the >>distribution. >> >>which so long as person in a) is competant - seems fine to me. > > > Ok, that's no. 2 and other packages are still missing the pro votes. > I could step in and be no. 3 but... I still think we should keep it at 2, unless more activity is seen.
> ...where are all the subscribers of this list? How should we ever > get enough positive votes for a package if nobody cares? I always > see the same names if it comes to vote for a package and I see > always the same (less) names if it comes to reviewing a package. > > The Cygwin net distro isn't sort of a one man show, it's a community > effort. It's not Chris and me who are the responsible people for > reviewing a package and we are not the only people with the right > to upload packages. AMEN! > Please note, *all* maintainers are welcome to give his/her voice for > a new package. I was getting worried that people thought I was always voting yes for a package, so I tried cut back a little :-(. > And by all means I think a positive vote should be combined with at > least *some* reviewing of a package. Agreed, but I hope that more then just the usual people are expected to do this... > I failed to check this in the past sometimes but I will not upload > a package with less than three positive votes in future. Please, this is rediculous. It's hard enough to get people interested enough to give 2 votes. > > Outstanding packages: > > procps (reviewed, 2 votes, John and me) I voted for this one, after reviewing it. > ELFIO (reviewed, 2 votes, Joshua and Nicholas) > doxygen (reviewed, 0 votes) Again, I voted for it, but with the conditions that it be cleaned up a bit. > astyle (NOT reviewed, 1 vote, Gareth) Haven't had a chance to check it out. I'd like to echo Corinna's point in that the apathy for new packages is disgraceful. If someone has taken the time to put a package together, the least you can do is check it out. Even if you don't, then just say so, but IMHO, silent vetos are unacceptable. Cheers, Nicholas
