On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 09:45:28PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > I think that the TC could take d-i away from the current team > and assign it to Sven Luther (and subsequently commit ourselves to a > secure asylum) -- but I don't think one has precedent for taking part > of a package, and handing it off to someone else. The degree of > coordination required would make such a shotgun wedding an untenable > working situation.
Addressing only the technical point here, since we seem to be in agreement regarding whether this should be done in the present case -- the Debian installer is built from a large number of individual source packages, and while many of them are maintained by the installer team, not all are. I think it's perfectly reasonable to consider the question of whether it might be better to assign some of these powerpc-related source packages away from the d-i team, and that this doesn't represent reassigning "part" of a package. And having considered that question, I do think the answer is no. In particular, the linux-kernel-di-powerpc-2.6 source package, which was the most recent point of contention, is one that I think should be at the disposal of a team, not just an individual -- and especially not an individual that the d-i team doesn't get along with. While I understand that Sven is unhappy at being left on the outside of the team in question, I don't think that giving the package to him as an individual will really be a benefit to the powerpc users, and it certainly doesn't do anything to address the underlying cooperation problems. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]