On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:09:31AM -0400, Benjamin Reed wrote:
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> On 9/10/09 9:05 AM, Jack Howarth wrote:
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> >     I would add the resync'ing to stable is somewhat of a special case.
> > We aren't really changing the maintainers packaging but rather attempting
> > to move his latest packaging over from unstable. Unless we want the process
> > to drag on indefinitely, notification should be sufficient. I've emailed
> > the maintainer of scipy-core-py about his other packages as well. We have
> > packages like fftw3 which don't build on x86_64 or 10.6 in stable but are
> > updated and compatible in unstable.
> 
> The notification policy is not about your convenience, but about the
> maintainer not being surprised by things changing out from under him.
> 
> I think it's reasonable to shorten our usual "notify and do it if we
> don't hear back in 1 week" policy to a couple of days, but I think it's
> pretty crappy to just do it and tell them after the fact.  Especially
> since we've been doing quick hacks to make things work on SL, it could
> be the maintainer is in the middle of working on the more elegant solution.
> 
> Give them at least a day or two to send an email saying "yeah, it's OK
> to update it."  Stable is *stable* with Dave's changes, even if it's a
> bit light on packages compared to 10.5.  We can stand to move things
> when it's actually OK'd by the maintainer.
> 
> - -- 
> Benjamin Reed a.k.a. Ranger Rick
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Benjamin,
   What about the case where the maintainer himself has already
checked in packaging for x86_64 and 10.6 into unstable. Consider...

http://fink.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/fink/dists/10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/sci/fftw3.info?view=log

for example. It is difficult to see the advantage of waiting a
week for something that has already been committed by the maintainer.
                     Jack

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