On 2011-03-28, Bernd Zeimetz <be...@bzed.de> wrote: > On 03/28/2011 04:37 PM, Mark Hymers wrote: >> The main decision which needs to be made is whether, as a project, we >> want source only uploads or to throw away DD built non-all debs. >> There's not entire agreement amongst the ftpmasters about this (I err on >> the side of the source-only uploads to avoid making people waste time >> and bandwidth but that's not the only opinion). One objection to >> source-only is the perception that people will throw untested things at >> the buildds and see what sticks. That strikes me as a social problem, >> but as a project we probably want to think how to handle it. > Due to the problem of uploading untested stuff, accidentally or not > accidentally I'd suggest to require uploads of all binary packages > together with the source and throw away the arch:any binary packages > (after passing NEW if necessary).
I think people who screw up repeatedly even after being told to be careful should have their upload privileges suspended at the discretion of the ftp-masters. We had that in the past as well. Then source-only uploads shouldn't be a problem. .oO( Don't throw too many technical(ly inferior) solutions onto social problems... ) Kind regards Philipp Kern -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrnip1fts.2td.tr...@kelgar.0x539.de