Re: multiple uploaders

2015-06-09 Thread Jaromír Mikeš
2015-06-02 2:33 GMT+02:00 Reinhard Tartler siret...@gmail.com: I don't think I have any new input to add to this discussion. The majority of participants seem to think that the two uploaders rule is not useful as it hinders the adoption of new packages. While, I found this a desirable

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-06-02 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Am Dienstag, den 02.06.2015, 20:23 +0200 schrieb Sebastian Ramacher: For me the team has become an umbrella for multimedia packages where we help each other in case its needed (RC bugs for example) in a more sensible way than mininmal diffs for an NMU. ^ this. - Fabian signature.asc

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-06-02 Thread Sebastian Ramacher
On 2015-05-31 08:58:58, Reinhard Tartler wrote: Any idea how to determine clearly no longer maintained? I think the 2-maintainers rule was intended to provide a way to demarcate that line, but it didn't fulfill its promise. Because the rule isn't enforced properly. I'd rather argue to

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-06-01 Thread Felipe Sateler
On 31 May 2015 at 19:36, Reinhard Tartler siret...@gmail.com wrote: IMO, if there is no need for team commitment, then there is no need for the package to be under team maintenance in the first place. In this case, it really doesn't matter if the package has a dedicated maintainer or a team

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-06-01 Thread Ross Gammon
Hi Reinhard, Just answering this unanswered question from the thread as I have nothing more (worth adding) to the rest. And everyone is probably tired :-) On 06/01/2015 12:36 AM, Reinhard Tartler wrote: Can I suggest that for new packages: 1. the one intending to ITP asks if the team are

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-06-01 Thread Reinhard Tartler
On Jun 1, 2015 7:11 AM, Felipe Sateler fsate...@debian.org wrote: On 31 May 2015 at 19:36, Reinhard Tartler siret...@gmail.com wrote: IMO, if there is no need for team commitment, then there is no need for the package to be under team maintenance in the first place. In this case, it really

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-06-01 Thread Reinhard Tartler
On Jun 1, 2015 1:35 AM, Fabian Greffrath fab...@debian.org wrote: And by the current rule, would libav still qualify as being pkg-multimedia team-maintained? I would say yes: Most recently, Sebastian has not only provided commits, but even uploaded several packages to both unstable and

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-31 Thread Reinhard Tartler
Hi Ross, On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Ross Gammon r...@the-gammons.net wrote: On 05/31/2015 02:58 PM, Reinhard Tartler wrote: Well, it really boils down what we want the team's reputation to be. The rule tests whether or not there is *team* commitment, and for that you need *more than one

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-31 Thread Ross Gammon
On 05/31/2015 07:55 PM, Reinhard Tartler wrote: Hi Ross, [...] Quick response! I agree in principle. But for me, having two uploaders does not test if there is team commitment. I see two ways how to interpret this sentiment: a) the check is not strict enough, and misses many too many

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-31 Thread Ross Gammon
On 05/31/2015 02:58 PM, Reinhard Tartler wrote: Well, it really boils down what we want the team's reputation to be. The rule tests whether or not there is *team* commitment, and for that you need *more than one person* actively caring for a package. If a package fails the two active uploaders

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-31 Thread Reinhard Tartler
On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Ross Gammon r...@the-gammons.net wrote: If someone suggests a new package is brought into the team, and it is accepted, then the team is making a commitment at that point. How can you determine team commitment if only a single person is working on the

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-31 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Reinhard Tartler (2015-06-01 00:36:32) On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Ross Gammon r...@the-gammons.net wrote: If someone suggests a new package is brought into the team, and it is accepted, then the team is making a commitment at that point. How can you determine team commitment

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-31 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Am Sonntag, den 31.05.2015, 08:58 -0400 schrieb Reinhard Tartler: If the majority of the packages in team pkg-multimedia are effectively taken care of by a single person, how is that package simply not team maintained at all? Not yet. As it stands, the rule already applies to the first

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-31 Thread Jaromír Mikeš
2015-05-27 9:26 GMT+02:00 Fabian Greffrath fab...@debian.org: Am Dienstag, den 26.05.2015, 14:38 +0200 schrieb Sebastian Ramacher: I think the rule is useless. It doesn't prevent us from having two persons on Uploaders and both are MIA. I'd rather orphan/remove the packages from the team that

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-31 Thread Reinhard Tartler
On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 8:49 AM, Felipe Sateler fsate...@debian.org wrote: On 26 May 2015 at 09:38, Sebastian Ramacher sramac...@debian.org wrote: On 2015-05-26 14:33:41, IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) wrote: hmm, nobody ever answered to this email. mira's recent mail regarding a 2nd

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-27 Thread Bálint Réczey
2015-05-27 9:26 GMT+02:00 Fabian Greffrath fab...@debian.org: Am Dienstag, den 26.05.2015, 14:38 +0200 schrieb Sebastian Ramacher: I think the rule is useless. It doesn't prevent us from having two persons on Uploaders and both are MIA. I'd rather orphan/remove the packages from the team that

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-27 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Am Dienstag, den 26.05.2015, 14:38 +0200 schrieb Sebastian Ramacher: I think the rule is useless. It doesn't prevent us from having two persons on Uploaders and both are MIA. I'd rather orphan/remove the packages from the team that are clearly no longer maintained and nobody in the team cares

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-27 Thread Alessio Treglia
On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 8:26 AM, Fabian Greffrath fab...@debian.org wrote: Am Dienstag, den 26.05.2015, 14:38 +0200 schrieb Sebastian Ramacher: I think the rule is useless. It doesn't prevent us from having two persons on Uploaders and both are MIA. I'd rather orphan/remove the packages from

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-26 Thread Felipe Sateler
On 26 May 2015 at 09:38, Sebastian Ramacher sramac...@debian.org wrote: On 2015-05-26 14:33:41, IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) wrote: hmm, nobody ever answered to this email. mira's recent mail regarding a 2nd uploader of qxgedit reminded me of that, and i would like to re-ask: How

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-26 Thread Debian/GNU
hmm, nobody ever answered to this email. mira's recent mail regarding a 2nd uploader of qxgedit reminded me of that, and i would like to re-ask: How much do we want to enforce our =2 uploaders per package rule? If a package does not have a 2nd uploader (any longer), should it be removed from

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-26 Thread Sebastian Ramacher
On 2015-05-26 14:33:41, IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) wrote: hmm, nobody ever answered to this email. mira's recent mail regarding a 2nd uploader of qxgedit reminded me of that, and i would like to re-ask: How much do we want to enforce our =2 uploaders per package rule? If a package

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-26 Thread Sebastian Ramacher
On 2015-05-26 09:49:43, Felipe Sateler wrote: On 26 May 2015 at 09:38, Sebastian Ramacher sramac...@debian.org wrote: On 2015-05-26 14:33:41, IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) wrote: hmm, nobody ever answered to this email. mira's recent mail regarding a 2nd uploader of qxgedit

multiple uploaders

2014-11-08 Thread IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)
due to a few recent mails [1], i was wondering how much we (would like to) enforce our 2 uploaders per package rule. i know of at least one package i maintain under the hood of pkg-multimedia-maintainers, which has only a single uploader (me, obviously). soundscaperenderer is anybody