Re: dselect complaints

[Raul Miller <rdm@tad.micro.umn.edu>]

William S. Gribble:
 > If you don't want feedback about the tools, might I suggest that
 > you give up their maintenance to someone who does?  Dselect as it
 > exists is nothing more or less than a working prototype of the tool
 > it needs to be.

That's not the point.

Ian has had feedback.  Lot's of feedback.  Lots, and lots of
feedback.  The issues are well known (and he pointed this out in his
email message).

He's also asked for help on dealing with some of the issues.  I don't
know how much he's gotten.

This is a big project, and some of these issues are non-trivial.
Giving up completely at the first sign of difficulty isn't going to
solve anything.  If you want to help, I think you ought to be able to
without having Ian stop working on that part of the project.

IF it turns out that someone else is capable of managing dpkg/dselect
and is doing significant development, etc., *then* is the time to talk
about Ian stepping out of the way.  At the moment, Ian is about as
obstructionist as a fifteen lane through-way (and heading the right
way).

-- 
Raul