Quoting Andreas Tille (2026-07-01 11:51:56) > Am Wed, Jul 01, 2026 at 08:42:52AM +0000 schrieb Tobias Frost: > > my take on the recent discussion on devel was that there was no > > consent* about such a process, so i'm bit surprised about this MR.
I agree with above view (with the detail that I assume you meant consensus rather than consent). > I tried to address the non-consensual point which basically is what > you mention below. My rationale for opening the MR was that the > discussion gradually shifted towards Debian Commons which was an > unfortunate suggestion in my initial mail. [...] > > * more like "we don't need another process" > > That was certainly one opinion expressed in the discussion. My > impression was that the disagreement was less about the existence of the > problem than about whether an additional documented workflow is the > right solution. The MR is intended as a concrete proposal that can be > reviewed and refined. > > The proposed workflow is entirely optional. Contributors who consider > the existing orphaning and salvaging procedures sufficient can continue > to use them exactly as before. The intention is simply to document an > additional workflow for contributors who encounter situations where they > believe it is helpful. When there is no clear indication that a workflow is even needed, I find it pretty aggressive to propose the addition of an experimental workflows to a document that - in my understanding - intends to document common (not fringe, not experimental, not one-person-wants-it) workflows. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ * Sponsorship: https://ko-fi.com/drjones [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
