On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 12:41:04PM +0100, Robie Basak wrote:
> 1. If a language-specific package, or stack of packages, is stuck in
> proposed, and nobody is volunteering to get them migrated, then we are
> more willing to delete them from the release pocket and release without
> that stack.
Thank you Robie for the proposal.
I believe this is in our users' best interests. I am conflicted, since I
know I much preferred getting the Ruby on Rails stack from Ubuntu when I
was using it many years ago, and continue to prefer using the Python and
Perl modules that we've packaged.
However, the status quo isn't doing anybody any favours. It might be
convenient for casual users but confuses the situation for everyone.
It's unfortunate that even if someone does step up to bring these
language-specific stacks up to the standard we expect for release,
it doesn't provide any assurances for users that these stacks will
be maintained. However, knowing that they are out of date at time of
release is worse enough that raising the bar even this little is useful.
Thanks
