On taking responsibility (was: handling of Recommends (was: on making decisions vs letting things happen))
(Switching to m-l only as this does not really have anything to do with
the BR.)
On Monday 06 July 2009, you wrote:
> Frans Pop wrote:
> > I don't think policy for Recommends is wrong, but I do feel it
> > results to a hell of a lot of packages getting installed that are not
> > actually needed/wanted in practice.
>
> We have a whole release cycle to sort this out now.
The problem is that I doubt this will happen as ATM basically nothing is
being followed up on. We already have several changes that have resulted
in bugs or regressions for which nobody is taking any responsibility.
> Yes, a non-inactive person to handle this in tasksel would have done
> much better than me.
As a general comment, not as a personal attack: IMHO this kind of change
really should not be made unless one is willing to follow up on it.
The same goes for the switch to c-s and the switch to grub2. Pushing for
implementing changes just because they are on some ToDo or release goals
list without being willing to take any responsibility for the change and
even do a basic review and testing is a sure way to lower the quality of
D-I.
The same also goes for proposing patches: if you're not even willing to
test your own patches, then don't start on them.
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