On Mon, May 23, 2005 12:56, Cesar Martinez Izquierdo wrote: > Remember that Debian maintainers' obligations include to track and solve > all bugs, not only RC-bugs. If you are in lack of time, please consider to > accept a co-maintainer or to orphan the package."
I'd like to see it differently: co-maintenance should be the default for packages, and only with very good reason (e.g.: a very obscure package) should a package NOT be co-maintained. Co-maintenance is almost always better than single maintainance, it provides benefits in multiple areas: someone who takes over when you're busy for a week or two, or when you're completely unavailable. It spreads the load of replying to bugs. Two people know more than one, bugs get fixed faster and there's a second set of eyes to spot problems before a package is uploaded. So the policy could be changed that at least two maintainers is a must for packages standard or higher and an "important should" for any other package. This would imply that if you want to add a new package to Debian you will have to look for someone who wants to help you with that first. Not an unhealthy idea I should say. regards Thijs Kinkhorst -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
