Bug#681687: missing mime entry

[Steve Langasek]

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 04:48:59PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> 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.

I don't actually agree that it's too late, but I would vote for a resolution
that says:

  3. We defer to the Release Team's decision 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.

Otherwise I have no objections here.

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