Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64
Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Debian, thank god, is not a democracy. We do not decide on
> issues based on popularity (else we'd be distributing windows
> shareware). We make decisions based on technical merits,
Suuuuure. Then what's holding up AMD64? For that matter, why were Ingo's
buildd status page scripts never integrated?
> and
> principles we have agreed on (the sc).
Suuuure. Many developers seem to disagree on what it means.
> Decisions, for the most part, are taken by those who do the
> work
Or, by those who claim they are going to. Why is xemacs in its pitiful
state?
> (in flex, and fvwm, I have made decisions that are fairly
> unpopular with the user base, but, in my opinion, the correct
> ones). A developer has control over his or her package.
Whether or not that's sane.
> The NM team
> decides to accept (or not) applicants -- but not through GR's. The
> DPL decides who should get funded for debconf -- in consultation
> with other people, but not via a vote.
>
> Yes, we occasionally vote on a few things. But a democracy we
> are not.
>
> manoj
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There are none so blind as those who will not see.
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