Hi, Am Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 02:07:55AM -0400 schrieb Louis-Philippe Véronneau: > > Another > > question is: what should we do with packages that are not under the > > team's umbrella but are affecting Python 3.12?
Salvage[2] those packages? > > On the other hand, we could assess if there are any improvements needed > > in our tools, such as pybuild, or determine which packages require, for > > instance, autopkgtests, lintian, etc. Or maybe we can start making short > > IRC meetings once a week or every two weeks? Experienced members > > of the team, do you think this is feasible given the DPT workflow? I > > would like to hear the opinion from the team :-) > > > > > > [0] https://deb.li/3T4QN > > [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1025181 > > I agree with the points you raise. It's true the DPT isn't a very organised > entity (although there's much worse teams in Debian :9). I agree as well (with both ;-) ) > I think more would be possible if we were more organised. Having regular > meetings would surely help. Possibly IRC meetings (as far as I know Perl team is doing so) might be some first step. > On my side though, I sadly don't have time for that. I'm already part of > plenty of Teams in Debian (some of which do have regular meetings, like the > DebConf Videoteam) and I only have so many spoons... If others want to push > this way, I'll root for you! +1 > That said, if I had more time, I would probably prioritise reviewing and > sponsoring more DPT packages, something I haven't done in a while. I'd also recommend the "advent bug squashing party" done by the Debian Med team. We do team wide bug squashing from Dezember 1st - 24th and everybody tries to squash a personal bug of the day (no matter who is Uploader of the package). Kind regards Andreas. [2] https://wiki.debian.org/PackageSalvaging -- https://fam-tille.de
