Re: Talking about feedback...
2007/10/29, Frits Daalmans <fritsd@wanadoo.nl>:
> Hi,
>
> Now that there's a discussion on the functioning of debian-games, let me try
> to add my €0.02 .. hopefully without sounding too whiny..
>
> I've asked for sponsorship on gtkradiant (editor for quake, doom, nexuiz,
> tremulous etc.) a bit over a year ago (in fact wnpp says "499 days in
> preparation"). Sometimes, when I have time, I try to keep the package
> up-to-date (I have SVN access but I normally never use it). But I personally
> find the lack of feedback quite demotivating. Could a debian-games DD please
> comment, and give a reason why it hasn't been uploaded yet?
>
> It doesn't even have to be a good reason. If you don't like the package or
> packaging that's fine too, but I did my best packaging that program and I
> would appreciate the courtesy of communicating back to me. Even just a
> short "we haven't yet had time" or "nobody would use that program" or "we
> don't like the way you stuffed the example files in" suffices.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Good luck with Debian Games and retaining the packagers,
> Frits Daalmans
>
> PS: now that I wrote this, I looked at the svnbuildstat to see that it doesn't
> compile anymore .. oops..
I'd really love to see that in Debian. I think those kind of tools are
really important. I wish I could upload it for you, but unfortunately
I'm not DD either. We seem to be eternally out of sponsors, that's one
of the most limiting factors of the Team, I guess.
Greetings,
Miry
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