gtk+ stuff moving out of Core

[Paul Howarth]

David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 15:51 +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>>> Don't forget that Extras policy still requires a formal review, even for 
>>> Core->Extras transitioned packages.
>> And a new maintainer -- it helps nobody if we have a lot of orphaned
>> packages in Extras (even if they come from Core).
> 
> It doesn't _require_ a new maintainer -- the person who owned in Core
> could quite happily continue to maintain it at least during the
> transition. A change of maintainer is something we can handle anyway, if
> they don't want to continue.
> 
> And we could bypass the formal review for the initial binary package too
> -- just make sure it passes review before the first _update_ is actually
> put through the Extras build system.

Some Core packages would not even get through the Extras build system 
due to missing buildreqs. There should always be a review of anything 
going into Extras.

> We need to make it easier for things to pass between Core and Extras, in
> either direction.

Yes, and there needs to be an established procedure for this. Packages 
have been imported into Core without the Extras maintainer even being 
contacted in the no too distant past.

Paul.