On Sun, May 22, 2005 at 11:21:45PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > * Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-05-20 11:48]: > >> One could decide to let RM: bugs on ftp.d.o always linger a certain > >> amount of time before processing, for complete removals, in any case. > > > > That's someone I wanted to suggest anyway. While I'm happy to see > > removals happening much more frequently and quickly these days, the > > downside is that it doesn't give people a chance to complain when > > someone is removed within minutes of it being requested. > > Someone or something?
Clear from context, I'd say, no need to nitpick :) > It's surely possible to put it back if the removal was bad, right? Sure, but it's always a bit more tedious. In this case, it would also have been possible to drop stuff from sarge first, and leave the removals standing for a while, otoh, once a removal is requested, usually there is already some time of orphaning, and people who care about a package really should adopt it if they are attached to it. A pending removal request can serve as an extra wake-up call though, and people will more easily look into whether to adopt it, in order to save it. Especially when a maintainer requests removal, and apparantly misjudges the amount of users, having a week or two to be able to react and object is a good thing in general. --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also for Jabber & MSN; ICQ: 33944357) http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
