Re: finally end single-person maintainership
On Mon, 8 Apr 2024 at 22:49, Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> wrote:
>
> Le Sun, Apr 07, 2024 at 11:37:47PM +0200, Gioele Barabucci a écrit :
> > On 07/04/24 23:11, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > > > What is your opinion about pushing logtool to Salsa?
> > >
> > > Not speaking for logtool obviously, but maintaining simple packages on salsa is
> > > just useless bureaucracy.
> >
> > As a contributor, having a package on salsa is extremely useful, far from
> > "useless".
> >
> > By clicking on "fork" (or running the equivalent CLI command) I get a copy
> > of the package, with all its history, a Debian-specific CI, the ability to
> > work on different features or bug fixes at the same time and independently
> > from one another, the possibility to send a merge request, that can be
> > annotate line-by-line by all other Debian contributors.
> >
> > A package with a repo on salsa is sending a clean message: go away, I don't
> > want your contribution.
>
> I suppose you meant _without_. The message is not "your contribution is
> not wanted" but rather "your contribution is not needed because there
> nothing to do".
>
> They are hundred of other packages where your contribution would
> make a difference.
>
> Simple packages need someone who is responsible and responsive for them
> in the long run and know there history much more than needing sporadic
> contributions.
...right up until the point where that "bus factor of 1" moves
on/changes priorities/changes job/etc and the package is abandoned.
Fortunately that never happens, though!
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