where to maintain DEP8^W autopkgtest spec now

Stefano Zacchiroli zack at debian.org
Thu Jul 24 16:01:23 UTC 2014


On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 05:59:14PM -0300, Antonio Terceiro wrote:
> On one hand, I completely agree with you that DEP-8 has already left the
> autopkgtest nest¹, and that discussing changes in a more neutral place
> would be good.
> 
>   ¹ I myself use sadt when creating/changing test suites a lot
> 
> On the other hand, with the recent increase in autopkgtest/DEP8 usage,
> we have been discovering several new needs which often have an impact on
> the specification (see e.g. the changelog for the recent 3.2 release),
> so freezing DEP-8 right now might hamper the development.

I totally agree with you, Antonio. And I do *not* mean to imply that
moving the spec under the debian-policy umbrella equates to *freezing*
the spec. For me it is just an attempt to have the spec in a place that
is more tool-neutral, and where we can actually edit stuff (once a DEP
gets ACCEPTED, it ceases to be such a place).

But you're right that we should better clarify what would be the editing
process for sub-policies that get integrated into the debian-policy
package.

Can someone, maybe with past experience on other sub-policies (e.g. the
perl one), comment on what are the recommended work-flows for
maintaining sub-policies under the debian-policy umbrella?

I'm also open to other suggestions about where the "autopkgtest" spec
should belong. The only think I know for sure is that it should *not*
belong to a random wiki.d.o page, editable by everyone --- DEP5 has told
me that that is not a good idea. It should be a place somehow
controlled, associated to a list where interested stakeholders can
discuss perspective changes before acting.

Cheers.
-- 
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