On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 11:08:04AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030705 10:50]: > > On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 04:51:49PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > > Additionally, I would like to seriously propose establishing a > > > pre-upload interface to ftpmaster so that a developer could learn that > > > he is writing a package pending rejection after upload _before_ > > > spending time on building that package. I find it disturbingly > > > impolite to say "sorry, we don't want your volunteer work" _after_ the > > > work has been done. > > > So, let me get this straight: you think that if a volunteer does some > > work then it should be accepted into Debian unconditionally? No matter > > what? Because that's what you seem to be saying. > > Marc is doing it the other way: He want an interface to reject a > package before substantial work has been spent on it. So there > shouldn't be this conflict any more, which would be a good thing.
That's pointless, I think. If I were an ftpmaster I would not be willing to render an opinion on a package before I actually saw the package, especially if I were going to be held to that opinion later (and, if I wasn't, what's the point)? Initial upload is the right time to perform checks. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]