On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 18:12, Magosányi Árpád wrote: > A levelezőm azt hiszi, hogy Zenaan Harkness a következőeket írta: > > Can "requesting removal from archive" be automated, to occur say after 3 > > weeks of inactivity of rc/grave/serious bug? > > > > As a DD, I assume there is some pride and/ or utility in having your > > package in the archive. This would give you a little "no nonsense" > > wakeup call I would guess. And if *even the packager themselves* do not > > have enough pride/ utility value in worrying at that point, then it is > > likely better to get removed. > > > > Agreed. But beware, because we could end up with having a lot of > blue users and maintainers. To make the thing more efficient, a > good mental approach should be developed. Maybe making a request > for removal special in some ways? I think there are two things > to consider: > -make the fact as public as possible, so both the userbase and > the other developers be notified. Publicize at least two weeks > before the deadline. > -educate users and developers about how can they motivate the > maintainer to do her job well: the RFR report should include > a text explaining why the package would be removed, what > one can do to prevent this, what is the right attitude when > one communicates with the maintainer
Excellent points, thanks. Zenaan -- Debian Enterprise: A Custom Debian Distribution: http://debian-enterprise.org/ * Homepage: http://soulsound.net/ * PGP Key: http://soulsound.net/zen.asc * Please respect the confidentiality of this email as sensibly warranted.