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Re: the netbase/inetd conspiracy



Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes:

> Do you really think a bunch of people who *don't care* how something
> works should be the ones making policy about it? Do you really think
> that policy should be based not on current practice, or benefit to our
> userbase, but on accidents of phrasing?

Several people have said it's *not* an accident of phrasing.

But, if that's what it is, then we should certainly change policy,
right?

> Seriously: you want to see less fuming? Then _stop wasting my time_. Talk
> about something that's going to absolutely clearly improve Debian, and
> write some code, and do something _useful_, instead of this absolutely
> pointless nonsense.

Nobody is making you have anything to do with this discussion.  

> I want people to actually think about what's best, not obsess over
> the letter of policy. And I want them to do it automatically, without
> requiring patient persuasion every time some new issue comes up.

I thought about it.  I thought all user changes should be preserved.



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