Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Sandro Tosi Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: Policy About Maintainer and Uploaders Fields (was: PAPT: join request) Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 02:40:01 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: Thomas Goirand X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Tue Nov 12 01:39:15 2019 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.65 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, FOURLA=0.1, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -5.5 X-Google-Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=e4H+tv7hEU3MO7n4uQBueqc218MkfUnfQVbn6YLw0AA=; b=jrdqABGCHKqoTPd7S1h9EAkhDzOSSIASP//C+7OfleF2uIdp+5qw740kf3alMLyQr6 HpDwWuiZmYy837pa+wtHFWJ/oN2ErhwdqijlABsdMxEVhlG/nq9Li2mpCujfP6J6AC1U xPT46LVy44eO496hv5H/6/2YGU+bi+RahDQ/czz8ei/y7k3l84X7KaHXTaolZSe4FR16 ocz0lHzPhapab2LV5aCIQgZ45G+IOIX2SwV2wtgZAwMVvmBeRpb7DWaNCyRvP4zxA84s nNg4X2zhDootl+u4r9xl9ujf3QaC8iE/0doejgRayvpdaCI+rDDLO28D27xMq5kKtefJ 6Y9Q== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUrYy20W9AGphLRF+rxFSt3Row9lrViNF66jNwnXG798mMUgDZJ xd6+cHu6OwhFhYsmJOJu3oTi8SERpS7/9vE/SII= X-Google-SMTP-Source: APXvYqx6doiHnpfld8b3Ge2THNeL1brURjL6veAv7rA6orEdpu/VrQp07N8JiKAcCjKDUAab/GtaMpmqeCt5RbmCUFY= X-Received: by 2002:a37:a94b:: with SMTP id s72mr10771907qke.256.1573522738290; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 17:38:58 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/17580 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/CAB4XWXwL7=Oku9_vTust6k1-EYRksqgypAZ9-1piLQCsqw8vQQ@mail.gmail.com Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 44 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Cc: debian-python X-Original-Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 20:38:31 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-References: <87lfsqdcrq.fsf@manticora> <5ace2b09-9b75-51ca-c908-d28adee8bdd6@debian.org> <4b1fa59f-79b4-00c7-8f39-5f91627d3ab3@debian.org> <03e74b72-265e-5cda-8882-b1b1b0cf0177@debian.org> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:12005 that policy is well written down, at https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/PythonModulesTeam/HowToJoin - give it a look and see if it clarifies your doubt about team maintenance and why someone would prefer to have the ultimate responsibility for the quality of a package. you already created the openstack team (which is great!) with exactly and only the rules you like, where you're free to do what you feel is best; that's great but please also realize not everyone shares the same ideas as yours and you should try sometimes to respect those people decisions too. On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 6:14 PM Thomas Goirand wrote: > > On 11/11/19 9:17 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > Personally, I've been judicious in putting myself as Maintainer in DPMT= and PAPT packages. If we were to ditch the current policy, my immediate r= esponse would be to remove DPMT/PAPT from uploaders and maintain them outsi= de the team. It's about 1/4 of my DPMT/PAPT packages. > > > > I suspect I'm not the only one. > > > > Your proposal is not cost free for the teams. > > > > Scott K > > Hi Scott, > > Exactly what difference would it make? Just that your package would > really appear as not team-maintained, which is already the current plain > reality (as the "unwritten policy" tells nobody else but you can touch > the package). So I don't see why anyone in the team would mind. > > Cheers, > > Thomas Goirand (zigo) > --=20 Sandro "morph" Tosi My website: http://sandrotosi.me/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi Twitter: https://twitter.com/sandrotosi