Too much bureaucracy or not enough interest? (Re: [ACTION REQUIRED] Retiring packages for F-17)

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Tue Jan 17 01:18:53 UTC 2012


Mattia Verga wrote:
> For the second point, I don't know if a new review should be really
> necessary only to verify the presence of "obsoletes and provides": in my
> opinion if someone is a package maintainer he/she MUST already know how
> to rename a package and that this requires "obsoletes and provides"
> directives; just like he/she can modify an existing package without ask
> every time a review.

+1

Those rename reviews are really just pointless bureaucracy, but I have been 
unsuccessful at fighting that nonsense. :-(

        Kevin Kofler



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