Re: multiple uploaders

2015-06-09 Thread Jaromír Mikeš
2015-06-02 2:33 GMT+02:00 Reinhard Tartler : > > I don't think I have any new input to add to this discussion. The majority > of participants seem to think that the "two uploaders rule" is not useful as > it hinders the adoption of new packages. While, I found this a desirable > property, I also re

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-06-02 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Am Dienstag, den 02.06.2015, 20:23 +0200 schrieb Sebastian Ramacher: > For me the team has become an umbrella for multimedia packages where we help > each other in case its needed (RC bugs for example) in a more sensible way > than > mininmal diffs for an NMU. ^ this. - Fabian signature.asc

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-06-02 Thread Sebastian Ramacher
On 2015-05-31 08:58:58, Reinhard Tartler wrote: > > Any idea how to determine "clearly no longer maintained"? I think the > > 2-maintainers rule was intended to provide a way to demarcate that > > line, but it didn't fulfill its promise. > > Because the rule isn't enforced properly. I'd rather ar

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-06-01 Thread Reinhard Tartler
On Jun 1, 2015 1:35 AM, "Fabian Greffrath" wrote: > And by the current rule, would libav still qualify as being > pkg-multimedia team-maintained? I would say yes: Most recently, Sebastian has not only provided commits, but even uploaded several packages to both unstable and stable-security. So to

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-06-01 Thread Reinhard Tartler
On Jun 1, 2015 7:11 AM, "Felipe Sateler" wrote: > > On 31 May 2015 at 19:36, Reinhard Tartler wrote: > > IMO, if there is no need for team commitment, then there is no need > > for the package to be under team maintenance in the first place. In > > this case, it really doesn't matter if the packa

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-06-01 Thread Ross Gammon
Hi Reinhard, Just answering this unanswered question from the thread as I have nothing more (worth adding) to the rest. And everyone is probably tired :-) On 06/01/2015 12:36 AM, Reinhard Tartler wrote: >>> Can I suggest that for new packages: >>> 1. the one intending to ITP asks if the

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-06-01 Thread Felipe Sateler
On 31 May 2015 at 19:36, Reinhard Tartler wrote: > IMO, if there is no need for team commitment, then there is no need > for the package to be under team maintenance in the first place. In > this case, it really doesn't matter if the package has a dedicated > maintainer or a team with a single upl

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-31 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Am Sonntag, den 31.05.2015, 08:58 -0400 schrieb Reinhard Tartler: > If the majority of the packages in team pkg-multimedia are effectively > taken care of by a single person, how is that package simply not team > maintained at all? Not yet. As it stands, the rule already applies to the first upl

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-31 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Reinhard Tartler (2015-06-01 00:36:32) > On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Ross Gammon wrote: > If someone suggests a new package is brought into the team, and it is accepted, then the team is making a commitment at that point. >>> >>> How can you determine team commitment if on

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-31 Thread Reinhard Tartler
On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Ross Gammon wrote: >>> If someone suggests a new package is brought into the team, and it is >>> accepted, then the team is making a commitment at that point. >> >> How can you determine team commitment if only a single person is >> working on the package? How is

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-31 Thread Ross Gammon
On 05/31/2015 07:55 PM, Reinhard Tartler wrote: > Hi Ross, [...] Quick response! >> I agree in principle. But for me, having two uploaders does not test if >> there is team commitment. > > I see two ways how to interpret this sentiment: > > a) the check is not strict enough, and misses many to

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-31 Thread Reinhard Tartler
Hi Ross, On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Ross Gammon wrote: > On 05/31/2015 02:58 PM, Reinhard Tartler wrote: >> Well, it really boils down what we want the team's reputation to be. >> The rule tests whether or not there is *team* commitment, and for that >> you need *more than one person* activ

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-31 Thread Ross Gammon
On 05/31/2015 02:58 PM, Reinhard Tartler wrote: > Well, it really boils down what we want the team's reputation to be. > The rule tests whether or not there is *team* commitment, and for that > you need *more than one person* actively caring for a package. If a > package fails the "two active uploa

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-31 Thread Reinhard Tartler
On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 8:49 AM, Felipe Sateler wrote: > On 26 May 2015 at 09:38, Sebastian Ramacher wrote: >> >> On 2015-05-26 14:33:41, IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) wrote: >> > hmm, nobody ever answered to this email. >> > >> > mira's recent mail regarding a 2nd uploader of qxgedit reminded

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-31 Thread Jaromír Mikeš
2015-05-27 9:26 GMT+02:00 Fabian Greffrath : > Am Dienstag, den 26.05.2015, 14:38 +0200 schrieb Sebastian Ramacher: >> I think the rule is useless. It doesn't prevent us from having two persons on >> Uploaders and both are MIA. I'd rather orphan/remove the packages from the >> team that are clearly

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-27 Thread Bálint Réczey
2015-05-27 9:26 GMT+02:00 Fabian Greffrath : > Am Dienstag, den 26.05.2015, 14:38 +0200 schrieb Sebastian Ramacher: >> I think the rule is useless. It doesn't prevent us from having two persons on >> Uploaders and both are MIA. I'd rather orphan/remove the packages from the >> team that are clearly

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-27 Thread Alessio Treglia
On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 8:26 AM, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > Am Dienstag, den 26.05.2015, 14:38 +0200 schrieb Sebastian Ramacher: >> I think the rule is useless. It doesn't prevent us from having two persons on >> Uploaders and both are MIA. I'd rather orphan/remove the packages from the >> team tha

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-27 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Am Dienstag, den 26.05.2015, 14:38 +0200 schrieb Sebastian Ramacher: > I think the rule is useless. It doesn't prevent us from having two persons on > Uploaders and both are MIA. I'd rather orphan/remove the packages from the > team that are clearly no longer maintained and nobody in the team care

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-26 Thread Sebastian Ramacher
On 2015-05-26 09:49:43, Felipe Sateler wrote: > On 26 May 2015 at 09:38, Sebastian Ramacher wrote: > > > > On 2015-05-26 14:33:41, IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) wrote: > > > hmm, nobody ever answered to this email. > > > > > > mira's recent mail regarding a 2nd uploader of qxgedit reminded me of

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-26 Thread Felipe Sateler
On 26 May 2015 at 09:38, Sebastian Ramacher wrote: > > On 2015-05-26 14:33:41, IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) wrote: > > hmm, nobody ever answered to this email. > > > > mira's recent mail regarding a 2nd uploader of qxgedit reminded me of > > that, and i would like to re-ask: > > > > How much do

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-26 Thread Sebastian Ramacher
On 2015-05-26 14:33:41, IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) wrote: > hmm, nobody ever answered to this email. > > mira's recent mail regarding a 2nd uploader of qxgedit reminded me of > that, and i would like to re-ask: > > How much do we want to enforce our ">=2 uploaders per package" rule? > > If

Re: multiple uploaders

2015-05-26 Thread Debian/GNU
hmm, nobody ever answered to this email. mira's recent mail regarding a 2nd uploader of qxgedit reminded me of that, and i would like to re-ask: How much do we want to enforce our ">=2 uploaders per package" rule? If a package does not have a 2nd uploader (any longer), should it be removed from

multiple uploaders

2014-11-08 Thread IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)
due to a few recent mails [1], i was wondering how much we (would like to) enforce our ">2 uploaders per package" rule. i know of at least one package i maintain under the hood of pkg-multimedia-maintainers, which has only a single uploader (me, obviously). soundscaperenderer is anybody inter