Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Brian May Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: Joining the team Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 22:30:01 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Tue Nov 24 21:28:36 2020 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.207 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RDNS_NONE=0.793] autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate:hard: -3.5 X-Greylist: delayed 438 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at bendel; Tue, 24 Nov 2020 21:28:22 UTC Organization: Debian MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/18791 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/874klee9k2.fsf@canidae.wired.pri Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 21 Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 08:20:29 +1100 X-Original-Message-ID: <874klee9k2.fsf@canidae.wired.pri> X-Original-References: <20201123131535.gvx22pjiphjc2aqm@bogus> <7e7ed633-9a3c-a491-6386-009c0f287955@debian.org> <017955c7-1c3d-5e2f-5616-ed02365cca03@debian.org> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:13026 Thomas Goirand writes: > Because joining a team, putting packages in them, and enforcing strong > ownership, is not logic at all. I know you like to do this way, but this > shouldn't be what we advise for new comers. Agreed. In my opinion what the policy allows and what is best practise are two different things. If you want strong ownership, you can get that already by not having the package part of the team. To invite people to do so as part of the Debian policy just makes the policy more complicated (and confusing) then it needs to be. And creates needless conflicts within our team. Depending on what you want, You are also free to follow the packaging guidelines, policies, etc, even if the package isn't formally part of the team. You could even join this group https://wiki.debian.org/LowThresholdNmu and allow others to make changes to your packages without going through the slow NMU process. -- Brian May