Hello! I just noticed how maintainers are NMU'ing packages in large quantities to get them somehow in a usable state for the release. The packages get small patches so that they are more or less working and can get into testing, despite the packages being untouched for a long time in some cases meaning there is no guarantee for quality.
I personally do not think that this is a good idea as this leads to the release being shipped with lots of packages that have not been properly maintained and the single NMU just paints over that issue. It shouldn't be enough for a package to have its worst bugs fixed like FTBFS or crashes when it gets shipped with a release. Packages that are being shipped with a release should also be properly maintained or not shipped at all. If the packages in question are essential, then these packages should get a proper maintainer with a maintenance release first before the freeze kicks in. I don't think we gain anything by shipping half-finished releases. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
