Re: Complaint

[Ingo Juergensmann <debian@2003.bluespice.org>]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 10:00:22AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:

> > Sure, people can be overloaded with work, being too busy to answer
> > immediatedly, but when this extends to a longer time or is the default
> Hell, when they have time to discuss the issue with third parties, then
> they also assuredly have time to send an explanatory mail to the
> concerned maintainer.

Well, what does it sound like to you when that´s not done? ;)

> And then, when the local root exploit was discovered, i was expected to
> let everything fall, and to have a fix and upload a powerpc kernel for
> stable, without much advance warning, which i did. I fear that the above
> will be the same. Months lost in passive boycott of the ftp-masters, and
> then it will be expected of me that i forgot everything, and pass all my
> time fixing what needs fixing a few days before the release or something
> such.

Yeah, funny situation, eh? When you want something they have no time, are
busy or just ignore you. When they want something from you, you have to
answer quick, polite and immediatedly. 

> And worse, because of this lousy behavior of the ftp-masters, i am not
> able to fix the local root exploit in the sid kernel, since they will
> anyway not be accepted in the archive if i upload them. So this
> inadmissible behavior is not only causing delay, but is also the cause
> of a security menace in debian.

Maybe the next compromise (on ppc then) will ring the bells on them? ;)

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