On 18/02/09 at 08:26 +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:43:07AM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > Isn't this equivalent to stating that being unmaintained is a > > release critical bug in a package? And if it is, would it not be > > better to just register new RC bugs to document the fact, and allow > > those interested in those packages a place to add their comments > > about it? > > I agree with this approach. > > Also, if we tag those bugs appropriately (for example using an > "orphaned" usertag of the QA user), we can also provide an easy way > for the release team to decide what to do in batch about all those RC > bugs, with no need for "affect".
I don't like the idea of transferring the burden of determining whether an orphaned package should be removed from testing to the release team. The QA team should at least suggest a possible action, to make the release team's life easier. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: lu...@nussbaum.fr GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-qa-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
