On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 11:36:15AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > ----------------------------------->8 > 4. When/if consensus has been reached, or if no objections have been raised, > the package can be orphaned by retitling and reassigning the ITO bug > accordingly. Here are some example situations where it is considered > acceptable to move forward: > - one month has passed since the ITO bug was submitted, and nobody > objected to the orphaning; > - one week has passed since the ITO bug was submitted, and at least > 3 DDs supported the orphaning (possibly including the submitter > of the ITO bug, if it was a DD), while nobody objected. > ----------------------------------->8 > > For completeness, here is the full proposal. I've also addressed a few > cosmetic comments.
Hi Lucas, thanks a lot for this updated draft. I think is good and I'm generally supportive of it. A remaining concern of mine, however, is the second case. One week really seems too short. I understand that 3 DDs supporting the orphaning should give a good safeguard against hostile takeovers. But I don't see the need for such a short timeframe: if there's urgency, the interested DDs can use NMUs. And on the other hand I do feel the risk of maintainers coming back from VAC and finding packages where they've invested a lot of efforts orphaned, maybe because a group of DDs working closely together ended up sharing a (wrong) view on the maintainer intentions. That has a very negative social potential and I think we should try hard to avoid it. I propose to go for 15 days before proceeding in presence of ACKs. It matches the longest DELAYED/XX period we currently have. For that reason it seems to be culturally associated with a "long" delay we give to people to react. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o . o Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o Debian Project Leader . . . . . . @zack on identi.ca . . o o o . . . o . « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club »
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