[Pkg-octave-devel] Proposal: RFU

[Cyril Brulebois]

Rafael Laboissiere <rafael at debian.org> (19/07/2007):
> Now that there is SVN activity again and since I am currently the only
> active member of the DOG who can upload packages, I would like to make
> a proposal to you: as soon as any member of the DOG thinks that a
> package in SVN is ready for upload, she/he should send a "Request For
> Upload" message to pkg-octave with a Subject like "[RFU] matwrap
> 0.57-9".  After some reasonable amount of time (say, two working
> days), if there are no objections, then I (or any other DD) can upload
> the package.

That sounds very good to me, and is something similar to the RFS
(Request For Sponsor) sent to debian-mentors at .

> The intention for this requirement was to make it clear that the
> version in SVN does not correspond to a released version.

Using UNRELEASED is very common and IMHO sufficient. When using pbuilder
(or anything like it), lintian is run and an Error is shown because it
does not match any real distribution, which should prevent an accidental
upload.

> I think now that leaving the trailer line would be better for two
> reasons: first, the package can be build automatically after a svn
> checkout, without any editing of debian/changelog.

That would be very appreciated.

> Second, when a DOG member prepares a new release, her/his name should
> be in the trailer line, instead of that of the person doing the
> upload.

I'd second that too.

> Therefore, I propose to change the DOG Guidelines according to the
> patch attached below (note that I removed all references to Emacs in
> this patch).  Comments are welcome.

Mine are: excellent. :)

Cheers,

-- 
Cyril Brulebois
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