On 6/6/24 17:40, Andreas Tille wrote:
- Do you consider the workload of your team equally shared amongst its
members?
The team probably lacks organization, and there's no clear enough
strategy for end goals.
I know we're moving toward getting rid of:
- six
- mock
- nose
but is anyone doing any type of coordination for the work to be done ?
The only thing I'm seeing is bugs against "my" packages that I try to
close asap.
- In the beginning of this year there was a change in the policy of DPT.
I'd like to hear your opinion about:
* The process how it went (possibly with suggestions to do better)
* The final result after a couple of months
(I'm specifically interested also in the opinion of people who were
not happy about the change.)
I was very happy that it happened, so it clarifies better what package
should be in, or out of the team. Now there's no middle ground: all
packages in the team are ... well ... in the team!
I of course feel disappointed that some people left. Even more orphaning
packages, instead of moving them to another namespace. But that's the
way it is, IMO it was the only way to make the team more welcoming.
- Since a long time we try to migrate from Python3.11 to Python3.12.
* What are your thoughts about the transition process?
* Can you identify some blockers?
* Do you have some suggestions for enhancements of this process?
It's been a waaaaay too long. Normally, this type of transition takes a
few months. Not half a year. The way it is with Py 3.12 is
unsustainable. Clearly, this cannot happen with Python 3.13, otherwise
we must decide *now* to release Trixie with Python 3.12.
The thing is, I have no way to identify any blocker, and I wouldn't know
where to start to help. IMO, it would help if those strongly involved in
the transition were move vocal about how we could help. On my side, I
made sure all the packages I maintain are testing against all available
interpreter versions, including when building and in autopkgtest, but
I'd like to know where I could help for packages I'm less familiar with.
Hopefully, we can discuss this during Debconf and find ways to make the
transition process smoother.
Cheers,
Thomas Goirand (zigo)
