Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Barry Warsaw Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: [DPMT] radical changes: automation, carrot and stick Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2015 00:10:03 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: debian-python@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Mon Oct 5 22:02:06 2015 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, FOURLA=0.1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate:hard: -5 Organization: The Organization of Unorganized Woozalists X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.12.0 (GTK+ 2.24.28; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/12793 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/20151005180148.36e9e84c@limelight.wooz.org Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 22 Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 18:01:48 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <20151005180148.36e9e84c@limelight.wooz.org> X-Original-References: <20151001231800.GC3965@p1otr.com> <3141207.gNu2uqo0GS@kitterma-e6430> <20151004215418.GA3645@bach.rivera.co.za> <2086245.mDj7rV2067@kitterma-e6430> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:7482 On Sunday, October 04, 2015 11:54:18 PM Stefano Rivera wrote: >There's a fundamental question to ask here. Do we want to welcome Python >packages into the team, or do we want to put up barriers and require a >level of commitment before packages can be brought into the team? Thanks Stefano for stating this in such a clear way. It is indeed a (*the*?) fundamental question to ask about this team. On Oct 05, 2015, at 07:23 AM, Scott Kitterman wrote: >I think that you describe to reasonably accurate directions the team can go. >Personally, I prefer the "natural home for most Python packages in the >archive" vision. > >I think we should have a minimum of rules, but people should follow the ones >we do have. +1 and +1 Cheers, -Barry