Le jeudi 08 mars 2018 à 02:44:21+0100, Mattia Rizzolo a écrit : > On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 11:41:08PM +0100, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > > In the other cases, it only adds a tag pending, which is not in > > contradiction with not being a DD, as a pending tag only means that the > > changes are included in the package's vcs and will be included in the next > > release. > > That's not true. > Despite being from a time before me, I know that the 'pending' tag long > predates the common usage of a VCS for packaging. > It just means the change has been added to the maintainer's working > tree, whatever that means. > In the case of a NMU it just has a different meaning of being already > uploaded to a delayed queue (or not, you can do a NMU by announcing you > will upload in 5 days without using the technicality of the delayed > upload queue). Consider that usually NMUs are not committed anywhere in > the maintainer's space.
Yes, you're right, I kind of interpreted pending according to what I see now, but it's biased as it doesn't reflect the full reality. > > I think the appropriate answer to your remarks is to include your template > > feature, and add a --no-pending-tag argument to prevent the pending tag from > > being added to the mail. > > > > Apart from that, I don't see how it would make a real difference between > > being > > DD/DM or just a contributor. > > As a non-DD I'd probably look for a template that says something like > "I've prepared …… and I'm now looking for sponsorship for an upload to > DELAYED/whatever", with the idea that then whenever a sponsor uploads > just adds the 'pending' tag. > But I've been a DD for too long, I don't remember anymore my troubles > with NMUs when I wasn't yet a DD, what about you? The fact that a non-DD would ask for sponsorship seems quite relevant to me. It seems to fit with my proposition doesn't it? Thanks, -- Pierre-Elliott Bécue GPG: 9AE0 4D98 6400 E3B6 7528 F493 0D44 2664 1949 74E2 It's far easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
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