Re: Q: Raphaë l Hertzog: dpkg / collab-maint

2008-03-13 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hi Clint, On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, Clint Adams wrote: Why isn't dpkg in collab-maint on Alioth? Why should it be or not be? dpkg has been maintained in various VCS repositories since 1999 (CVS, then arch, then SVN, and now Git), it's a natural choice for a software maintained and further developed

Re: Q: Raphaë l Hertzog: dpkg / collab-maint

2008-03-13 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Raphael Hertzog wrote: It's important to have quality and consistency in the work done on such a package and thus it's good that the maintainers in charge can selectively grant (and revoke) write rights to the repository. Following a remark on IRC, it's also important to

Re: Q: Raphaë l Hertzog: dpkg / collab-maint

2008-03-13 Thread Julien Cristau
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 12:14:22 +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: Furthermore the average skillset of the DD includes packaging while it doesn't necessarily include programming and maintaining a complex piece of software like dpkg. Doesn't the average skillset of a DD include knowing not to

Re: Q: Raphaë l Hertzog: dpkg / collab-maint

2008-03-13 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Julien Cristau wrote: On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 12:14:22 +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: Furthermore the average skillset of the DD includes packaging while it doesn't necessarily include programming and maintaining a complex piece of software like dpkg. Doesn't the

Q: Raphaë l Hertzog: dpkg / collab-maint

2008-03-12 Thread Clint Adams
Raphaël, Why isn't dpkg in collab-maint on Alioth? Why should it be or not be? As DPL, how would you react to the recent events concerning dpkg development? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]