Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 06:19:38PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> That's the last change to the canonical repository, yes. >> >> I have a bunch of changes queued in my personal repository (including the >> menu policy update) but hadn't gotten a lot of feedback on whether or not >> I should just merge them, and have been horrifically short on time >> recently. > > Where is your personal repository ? http://archives.eyrie.org/software/arch/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > I have to say that, when I announced the new menu policy, I expected a > updated policy would be uploaded soon, since I provided a patch and > it was well-received. Yup, me too. I won't get into the various assumptions and problems that I've ran into over the past year. Let's just say that it's been a hell of a year, I don't think any of us were quite on the same page, and the policy delegation last year mostly didn't happen. I personally got stuck at the difficult "how the hell do we figure out how to build a team" spot and let that block preparing a new package, which in retrospect wasn't the right priority. This is probably a case where it would have been better to ask permission than forgiveness and release earlier and often. But Policy is a little intimidating and I was afraid of breaking something. > The current discrepancy between the policy package and the actual menu > policy in use is causing confusion. The menu policy is supposed to > be authoritative but actually is not. > > When menu policy was integrated to debian-policy, there were a general > agreement that this should still allow menu policy to evolve at its > own pace. > > Is there any reason why the patch cannot be applied and a new policy > package released ? That would not be detrimental to a subsequent update > with more changes. This is in the spirit of "release early release > often" and this would reduce the confusion about the menu structure. I will get a release out this Sunday barring unforseen circumstances like computer failure or illness, unless someone steps up and tells me to stop. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
