>>>>> "Emmanuel" == Emmanuel Bourg <ebo...@apache.org> writes:
Emmanuel> Le 10/06/2019 à 18:22, Sam Hartman a écrit :
>> we release with pre-releases for other packages all the time when
>> maintainers believe that's the right call to make. This is an
>> area where we trust maintainers to decide what the right choice
>> is for Debian. Sometimes they disagree with upstream's call on
>> this point.
Emmanuel> I know this happens for other packages, but that doesn't
Emmanuel> mean we should do it for OpenJDK too. This practice is
Emmanuel> generally frowned upon by upstream and the community. If
Emmanuel> we insist on this way with OpenJDK our reputation will be
Emmanuel> durably tarnished.
Emmanuel> Emmanuel Bourg
My position is that the openjdk maintainers should make this decision
based on what is best for our users based on the quality of the
software.
If our reputation is tarnished for doing the right thing, then perhaps
tarnish is in.
