Bug#681687: missing mime entry

Ian Jackson ijackson at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Thu Jul 26 15:48:59 UTC 2012


Josselin Mouette writes ("Bug#681687: missing mime entry"):
> Le jeudi 26 juillet 2012 à 12:50 +0100, Ian Jackson a écrit : 
> > 4. We do not disagree with the Release Team's assessment that
> >      the failure of the evince package to provide a mime type
> >      entry is a release critical bug.
> 
> Before you vote on that: with the maintainer’s hat, I’d appreciate if
> the ruling could also make explicit which MIME types it applies to. 

I am content to leave that decision to the release team.  I'm happy to
clarify.

So I hereby propose the following TC resolution (and withdraw my
previous versions):

  1. The Technical Committee agrees with Neil McGovern's analysis of
     the situation regarding evince's missing mime type entry.

  2. If changes are desirable to our system for dealing with mime
     type entries and desktop files, including changes to policy or
     additional automation, these should be made via the usual
     development and policy amendment processes.

  3. We agree with the Release Team that it is now too late to deploy
     such automation in wheezy.

  4. We do not disagree with the Release Team's assessment that
     the failure of the evince package to provide a mime type
     entry is a release critical bug.

  5. We therefore decline to overrule the Release Team.  The bug
     remains RC against evince.

  6. The release team should clarify which mime types the RC-bugginess
     applies to.  We recommend that the starting point should be those
     mime types advertised by evince via the mime system in squeeze.

Ian.



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