Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> Not true. People were mostly twiddling their thumbs. Only a small >>> subset of people can actually help in fixing RC bugs. > >> Are you talking about skills? > > Yes. Recently, I tried fixing a selinux issue with ... > Now, I have time to maintain my own packages (barely), but not > enough to spend a few days on an one-off effort to fix a bug. So I > _can_ help improve Debian -- but only in small areas where I have > already gained some expertise.
I agree that I would be able to fix glibc or gcc. But don't you think this is marginal considering the number of packages in Debian? >>> We have tried the whole freezing route. But feel free to try it out >>> (like aj did Testing), and tell us how it would have worked. > >> The difference is that I don't want to throw Testing out. > > Quite. But you have not mentioned how you are going to > ameliorate the effect of closing down all development for a few > months by shutting down unstable. I've neither promised the Voodoo magic which would fix everything. It wouldn't be necessary if everyone was properly taking care of one's packages. -- Jérôme Marant http://marant.org
