On Mon, Jan 03, 2000 at 03:20:01AM -0600, Jonathan Hall wrote: Hi Jonathan, > I see no point in complaining at this point. As I understand it, the new > mantainer freeze was done so the current mantainers could focus on getting > the software to work right--this is a good and worthwhile goal, I'd say. > Most of the world seems to think Debian is far enough behind as it is. I > don't see the point in trying to make things worse by insisting on being > involved when the project cannot yet use "us" efficiently. Actually this was the only thing I saw in your message that I disagreed with, as I've been told by a number of folks that this was not the reason it was closed? Not sure. This one probably goes back to the lack of initial communication when it was closed... the real reasons may or may not have ever been stated publicly. It's moot as it's "water under the bridge" now. I respect your willingness to dive in, and I'll probably just do the same. I just felt that the worries about public debate of the topic that I've heard voiced by some are unfounded and against the principles of open development. The project itself and the running of the project is a "work in progress" too. There's nothing to be ashamed of for anyone involved if there are a few speed bumps along the way. Heck, have you ever seen the flamewars in the kernel developer's stuff? Whew... much worse than this procedural problem, that's for sure, and they don't worry about talking publicly. I've heard nothing back from anyone on the suggestion that there be a better interim procedure document for folks who want sponsorship, but I'll give it a few more days. Still willing to do this, if someone feels it useful. I feel it's marginally useful, only in that it publicly admits that there's something "different than usual" going on right now, but as I said before -- I *think* it's covered already by the changes to the Developers Corner webpage. -- Nate Duehr <nate@natetech.com> GPG Key fingerprint = DCAF 2B9D CC9B 96FA 7A6D AAF4 2D61 77C5 7ECE C1D2 Public Key available upon request, or at wwwkeys.pgp.net and others.
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