Re: What is holding Audacious?

[rent0n <rent0n@gmx.com>]

On 01/07/11 15:10, Rodney wrote:
> You stated that comments would be welcome, I hope that is true.

Hi Rodney and thanks for taking the time to reply.

> On Fri, 2011-07-01 at 10:06 +0100, rent0n wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Please forgive me if my question is inappropriate, I'm relatively new
> to
> > backports.
> Yes, it was only last month when you asked about backports on the Debian
> forum and then suggested someone was rude for giving you links to the
> easily found information rather than digesting and writing it out for
> you. I don't mean that to be rude, merely factual.

I'm afraid I really miss the point and fail to understand the link 
between my email to the debian-backports mailing list and the topic I 
previously opened at Debian Users Forum [1]. There, I had a very 
informative and nice conversation with several users. One of the answers 
sounded a bit rude to me, and I expressed my opinion about that matter, 
that's it.
If you read the whole thread, you'll soon realize I wasn't looking for 
someone "digesting and writing out" information for me but rather asking 
specific questions about backports to people that knew the backporting 
process better than I did. It turned out to be a very useful topic, rich 
of information from various sources.

[1] http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=64131

> > ...
>
> > So my question is: what is holding Audacious to be backported? Could
> > somebody please review and upload the packages? That would be greatly
> > appreciated.
>
> The fact that it works in your system is not conclusive data that it
> would work in any situation. I realise that you are anxious, to have the
> backport but patience will be your friend here. If keyholders are
> cautious with their uploads, or busy then it is something to be
> tolerated. The integrity of backports repositories is something that
> serves us all in the long run.

Thanks, this is a very informative answer. I understand it takes time to 
review and test a package and I can imagine developers are already 
pretty busy. I just thought somebody would have said something like: 
"The package is on my queue, I'll have a look at it when I have some 
spare time". Mine, indeed, was more a call for help rather than anything 
else.

Thanks,


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rent0n