On 01/05/07 20:18, Reinhard Tartler wrote: > Andy Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
(Apologies for not CCing the list in my initial reply) >> On 01/05/07 17:25, Reinhard Tartler wrote: >>> Thinking more about it: Perhaps we should cleanup even more. Is there >>> somebody seriously interested in uploads older than, say 3 or 6 months? >>> what do you think would would be a useful limit for us? >> It occurs to me that REVU packages are sensitive to the release cycle >> too, so packages that were uploaded targeted at feisty are outdated >> anyway (correct me if I'm wrong, IANAMOTU :)). > > Sure. However, I don't think it is much work to just change the upload > target as sponsor. This is true, but maybe the onus should be on the uploader instead, if only to make the life of a sponsor less complicated. Also in many cases there are still outstanding problems with the package to resolve before it is sponsored. Just a thought. >> Assuming this is the case, at some point in the release cycle when old >> packages on REVU are about to go out of date, could the uploaders be >> notified along the lines of "Please update your package for <release+1> >> and reupload or it will be automatically be removed from REVU on <date>" >> and then once <date> rolls around, the packages could be removed. > > Mailing submitters in this case is indeed something we can do. If you > want to help, feel free to submit a patch which does this. I've had a brief look at the existing code and all the components seem to be there to add a "batch mail maintainers of old packages" script so I might have a stab at it when I'm less busy (end of June) unless somebody else wants to add it before then :) -- Andy Price | welshbyte http://andrewprice.me.uk -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
