Re: stop the "manage with debconf" madness

[Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp>]

From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
Subject: Re: stop the "manage with debconf" madness
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 02:58:10 -0500

>  > (on the whole) try to make the best job they can of the packaging
>  > of their programs.
> 
> 	Anyone can make mistakes.

Yes and you can too, further policy can too.

>  > What is not helpful is when a developer gets a bad case of NOMUS
>  > (Not On My UNIX System) and goes off on one about how perfectly the
>  > world would be if everyone agreed with their narrow definition of
>  > the 'correct' way to do things. The recent /run debate was another
>  > example of this virulent disease taking hold amongst the vocal
>  > developer cabal.
> 
> 	Really a flaw in the NM process. Don't we require peopel to
> acknowledge the importance of policy nowadays? 

I (and Matt too, I believe) acknowledge the importance 
of policy so ask to correct it if it it is not enough 
for the recent situation or something, right?

			  2003-4-21(Mon)
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 Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@debian.org>
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