Bug#658139: Using FreeDesktop MIME entries directly in mime-support (Re: Fixing the mime horror ini Debian).

[Cyril Brulebois]

Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <gcs at debian.org> (16/07/2012):
> > I think that's a perfect use case for collab-maint.  László, do you
> > really need a dedicated group for that?
>  My intention was to limit people who can commit to mime-support. It
> seems there are multiple viewpoints for example about
> application/x-httpd-* types. One may do more harm with a commit if not
> consulted by a group of more advanced people.  But I'm fine with normal
> collab-maint as well if you and Charles would like that.

As someone processing alioth-related requests, I would find it nice to
use collab-maint for such projects; but I'm willing to hear about
arguments against that.

As a random developer, I would really hate to see people fight through
commits. In case that would happen, I think that can be fixed, IIRC
collab-maint has some abuse clauses or something similar.

(IOW: I'm not convinced you need a dedicated group; quite the contrary.)

Mraw,
KiBi.
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