On Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 06:08:00PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > I wonder if we should reconsider the default assumption of package > ownership. Instead, we could introduce a file, such as > debian/dont_touch_my_package (or a similarly named file), where > maintainers can document their reasons for discouraging others from > uploading the package. This file could include a timestamp, and we could > establish an agreed-upon timeframe for refreshing the statement to > ensure its continued validity. > > We could introduce this change starting with Debian Policy version X. > Maintainers who adopt this policy version by updating the > Standards-Version in their packages would implicitly agree that, in the > absence of a debian/dont_touch_my_package file, any Debian Developer is > permitted to upload the package. > > Do you think this would lower the barrier between a package and other > people?
This sounds like a basis for an actual solution but I don't think it can work by itself, unless the timeframe is something like "you cannot touch this in the next 2 weeks" and it's possible to refresh it without an upload. -- WBR, wRAR
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