Sean Whitton writes ("Re: Bug#886219: lintian should be less pedantic about latest policy version"): > Let me first say exactly what change I'd recommend: > - out-of-date-standards-version should be I: or P: instead of W: > - ancient-standards-version should remain W: > - ancient-standards-version should be triggered when S-V contains a > release of Policy from the previous stable release cycle ... > You argue that > - whenever a maintainer uploads a package and S-V is out-of-date, they > should work through the relevant entries in the Policy Manual's > Upgrading Checklist > - Policy Manual releases should be infrequent to avoid maintainers > having to do this too often > > On the contrary, I argue that > - the only thing that should be /required/ when uploading a package is > making the package non-trivially better than the current version in > unstable > - updating S-V should never block uploading other improvements > - there are good reasons to release the Policy Manual frequently, and > this should not be blocked by the expectation that everyone respond to > those new versions in their very next uploads.
Thank you, Sean, for arguing this so much better than I am doing. > Also relevant here is Enrico's talk at DebConf17,[1] where he cautioned > against manipulating volunteers into doing work. Requiring prerequisite > work that is not necessary for co-ordinating with other volunteers might > well fall into that category. > > [1] https://debconf17.debconf.org/talks/92/ I clearly must watch this talk. Ian.