Package: ftp.debian.org Currently the way to request changes to p-a-s is sending private email to personal adressess of three specific people. This is suboptimal:
1) email gets lost
2) responsivness of changes is somewhat random
3) the whole process lacks transparency
Which leads to:
1) buildd maintainers not caring to send updates (see s390 n-f-u)
2) maintainers frustrated due changes not happening timely
3) p-a-s full of aging cruft.
Suggested improvements that could help the situation:
1) Make p-a-s contact address mailing list, or handle requests via
BTS
- similar to removal requests against ftp.d.o
2) Provide a easy to merge default format for change requests
- if p-a-s were to be put in git, these could be patches in
form of git-format-patch
3) Expand the group of people who can change the file
- ftp assistants? buildd admins?
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