Re: Bug#141847: O: dupload -- Utility to upload Debian packages.
On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 07:35:00AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 01:14:55PM +0200, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> > Developers decide what they want to do with their time. Period.
> > You are not in a position to decide what you want them to work on.
>
> (Yawns) Once again, the defensive fury when someone asks a question.
> Please, could you tell me how he was deciding the manner in which
> someone could spend their time? Was he going to assign all developers a
> task plan? Was he going to physically bar access to a computer until
> such time as we followed his plan? Was he going to declare himself
> emporer of the project and force his will by fiat? He *asked a frickin'
> question!!!!* This is a rhetorical device employed to make people
> examine the issue and *decide for themselves* whether there's merit in
> the question raised. How are you in a position to tell him what
> questions he might ask or opinions he might hold? People involved in a
Stop this aggressive rant. Please read the thread and come back if you
want to really discuss this a serious way.
> project like this do occasionally need to ask themselves what their
> goals are and whether their activities are furthering those goals. This
> internal examination is not a bad thing. Period.
Internal examination. How about talking about those tons of orphaned
packages that noone uses rather that discussing about whether we have
to keep one out of two small tools which have both many users?
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Jérôme Marant
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