On 2016-12-02 13:32:40, Johannes Schauer wrote: > Quoting Ian Jackson (2016-12-02 12:43:52) > > Otherwise it really will be chaos, with people uploading contra-reverts of > > each others' reverts. > > Personally, I doubt that this would happen. In a world without maintainership, > I'd expect anybody doing an upload to do it with the best interest of the > distribution as a whole at heart. If the content of the upload goes against > what other people had in mind, then I'd expect them to discuss and find a > solution. I would not expect the result to be multiple counter-reverting > uploads from the involved parties. That'd just be rude. I applaud your trust in people, but my life experience tells me this will only work for a while before it fails, usually in an ugly way. Let's look again at the situation that sparked the original post: a maintainer that, honestly, behaves in a rude way by not actually taking care of the package and ignores users. This is the smallest way of "being rude". If humans were logical and devoid of emotions, it would work. But even best intentions fail in face of pressure, stress, competition, or simply time. regards, iustin
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