On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 11:28:56AM +0100, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote: > > > Well, because it is in line with the questions which they have been > > > asked and its both a good chance to see weither they stand on a similar > > > point > > > as I do and to see weither anyone is interested in the idea > > > at all. Surely I intend to propose it to the larger body once its more > > > then > > > a rough idea.
> > I expressly refrained to answer your mail because it targetted the DPL > > candidate but IMO it's one those "false good ideas until you make it a > > reality". I'm all for a team of many people improving the base packages, > > so find those people and start triaging and writing patches _together_ > > with the actual maintainers. > Well, some time back I wrote some patches for coreutils. Unfortunately > they are not yet integrated, but thats not the fault of the maintainer. > However I think it could help if the project decides that this is a good idea > and (if needed) can overrrule single maintainers. There are existing procedures for overruling individual maintainers - i.e., appealing to the Technical Committee. If you think an override is needed, you might try the existing process before deciding that we need an entirely new one? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org