Re: Innovation in Debian

2013-07-22 Thread Matthias Klumpp
2013/7/22 Raphael Hertzog : > Hi, > > On Mon, 22 Jul 2013, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: >> I want the process to be something like: >> >> - New PPAMAIN >> - Upload new package >> - "NMU" packages to work with the new stuff (this needs to be >> something that the project is OK with) inside the

Re: Innovation in Debian

2013-07-22 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hi, On Mon, 22 Jul 2013, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: > I want the process to be something like: > > - New PPAMAIN > - Upload new package > - "NMU" packages to work with the new stuff (this needs to be > something that the project is OK with) inside the PPA > - Fiddle > - Push it back up

Re: Innovation in Debian

2013-07-22 Thread Neil Williams
to become a complete free-for-all, even only amongst those who have upload rights. All developers need to work with others to make changes and that's where all the arguments start, especially if someone wants to change the default something to something else. No developer is an island. Innovatio

Re: Innovation in Debian

2013-07-22 Thread Paul Tagliamonte
Heyya, Michael, On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 05:42:35PM +0100, Michael Tautschnig wrote: > > I do see that some innovative ideas cause breakage. And sometimes breaking > things may result in progress. All I was saying is that innovation and > breaking > things are not the same. Granted. I 100% agree.

Re: Innovation in Debian

2013-07-22 Thread Michael Tautschnig
Hi Paul, hi all, > Ahoy, fellow developers, > > > Having followed the recent threads, I've been growing concerned - not of > sticking with an old init system, or switching to a new one, or even the > god-aweful tone of every damn post on that thread (srsly guise). > > I'm mostly concerned that

Re: Innovation in Debian

2013-07-22 Thread Zlatan Todoric
oken to unstable (lots > of users, might end up in stable and have to support it for 5 years), > how can we, as a project, step up innovation in Debian? Where can we > break these things and try out new bits of integration? > > I certenly don't have time to manage setting u

Re: Innovation in Debian

2013-07-22 Thread Michael Tautschnig
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 04:39:54PM +0100, Michael Tautschnig wrote: > > [...] > > > > I feel the subject of this thread is not very well aligned with your > > reasoning - > > I don't think innovation==breaking things!? At least for myself the init > > system > > I very much disagree. > >

Re: Innovation in Debian

2013-07-22 Thread Paul Tagliamonte
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 04:39:54PM +0100, Michael Tautschnig wrote: > [...] > > I feel the subject of this thread is not very well aligned with your > reasoning - > I don't think innovation==breaking things!? At least for myself the init > system I very much disagree. "Without deviation fro

Innovation in Debian

2013-07-22 Thread Paul Tagliamonte
ve a *hard* time trying out big, breakey things -- I know, we're Debian, we're stable, I get that. So, given that no one wants to upload something broken to unstable (lots of users, might end up in stable and have to support it for 5 years), how can we, as a project, step up innovation in