Am Dienstag, den 27.01.2009, 08:40 +0100 schrieb Andreas Tille: > On Mon, 26 Jan 2009, Daniel Leidert wrote: > > > ... how you come to the idea to dictate a > > policy?!?!?! And: *If* we (all the teams and maintainers) ever agree on > > one mailing list, then it will definitely not be an Alioth list. > > debian-science exists. > > I understand the RFC as an attempt to find a common ground for packaging > of those packages that use > > Maintainer: Debian Science Team > <[email protected]>
I disagree. The policy documents itself as a general policy about "Debian Science" and not as a local applicable packaging guideline. And debian-science.alioth.d.o is not Debian Science. It contributes around 20 packages out of a pool of several hundred (>300!), as far as I see. > It is just helpful to have some rules. I already wrote, that packaging teams may write their own packaging guidelines. I don't have a problem with that (or did I ever object against your debian-med guidelines?). The document doesn't state, that it applies to debian-science.alioth.d.o *only*. Instead it is promoted under the title and intention as the "Debian Science Policy". But stating personal packaging practices in such a document is IMO a misuse of it. If you have something applicable to all: Debian New Maintainers Guide, the Debian Developers Guide and the Debian Policy are the correct places to collect such information. > Packages who have a different > maintainer do not need to follow this policy but are invited to bring > in their experience if they notice technical details which might be > enhanced in the RFC. The "policy" contains recommendations of packaging tools (over other tools). It contains requirements, which are simply only applicable to a local Alioth project and not the whole core of all projects contributing to Debian Science. I really dislike, that it mixes local preferences with a general purpose. This is arrogant, rude and offending. If someone wants to write a policy for Debian Science, I suggest to use topics like the goals, the various ways to achieve the goals, tools to help (e.g. the meta-packages) and the *various* projects contributing. If debian-science.alioth.d.o should work as some kind of misc place to pick up all packages/developers, which did not find a fitting group or did not want to join an existing group or ... then write this. But don't add any local packaging preferences not requirements. PS: debian-science.alioth.d.o states, that it tries to coordinate scientific packaging. The so called "policy" wasn't coordinated with *any* of the contributing groups. Regards, Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
