On 09/19/2011 01:03 PM, Benjamin Drung wrote: > > Why not discourage REVU completely?
I was looking through the lists of packages currently in REVU last week, some sitting with no action for a long time. So far, I haven't seen any packages that wouldn't have been better submitted to Debian. Now, there is an information bias here, because the package proposals that were a perfect match for direct addition to Ubuntu may have already been successfully reviewed, approved, added to the archive and the proposals closed out. The next useful data point, for any successful direct additions from REVU, is whether we managed to propose them upstream to Debian after inclusion in Ubuntu. But, I think the deeper question is whether developers here in Ubuntu, who would have been looking at the REVU queues, would be willing to spend that time reviewing the same package proposals for Debian. You don't have to be a DD or DM to do package reviews in the new mentors.debian.net. It's beneficial to direct new packages upstream, but we also need to recognize the workload we're adding to the Debian volunteers if we send all new package reviews to Debian. On my todo list for this week is talking with Asheesh and Stefano to get a sense of how successful the new mentors.debian.net is so far. Allison -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
