Re: Bug#133578: gdm bug #133578. Intend to NMU.
On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 11:32:36AM +0200, Mathieu Roy wrote:
> The question must be something like:
>
> Can the maintainer refuse to apply this patch that fix a problem
> while it does not break anything and would greatly enhance the
> software for non-english speakers?
Could you please phrase the question in a less "loaded" way ie one that
doesn't indicate your opinion of the issue? Simply
Can the maintainer refuse to apply this patch?
would do it.
> The problem at stakes here is not really whether gdm should handle
> i18n via /etc/environment. The problem is about a maintainer that
> refuse to take care of many users needs (yes, i18n is not a minor part
> of a GNU/Linux system) and refuse to apply harmless workarounds.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
And that's the source of the disagreement.
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>
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