Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Andreas Tille Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: Suggesting change in DPT policy Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 08:20:01 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: debian-python@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Wed Feb 28 07:15:03 2024 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.81 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_INVALID=0.1, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate:hard: -4.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/21488 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/Zd7dY0GBVhvYf8lD@an3as.eu Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 28 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 08:14:43 +0100 X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-References: Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:15509 Hi Timo, Am Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 04:08:51PM +0100 schrieb Timo Röhling: > I guess the motivation behind the weak collaboration model is that some > packages have hidden "gotchas", which a casual team uploader might not know. > For instance, pygit2 is one of multiple libgit2 language bindings which all > need to be upgraded in lock-step when a new upstream version is released. You are making an important point here. > Instead of restricting collaboration, we could let policy encourage > maintainers to state such constraints in debian/README.DPT and ask team > members to check that file before they team-upload. I think this is a very good idea. In case MR[1] will be accepted this should be added to the policy as well. I'm not sure whether the "Maintainership" paragraph is the best place to add this. I wonder if you (or someone with the same doubts) might want to suggest another MR to add this debian/README.DPT feature. Kind regards Andreas. [1] https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/tools/python-modules/-/merge_requests/20 -- http://fam-tille.de