Re: StrongARM tactics

[Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net>]

Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es> writes:

> * Thomas Bushnell BSG [Mon, 05 Dec 2005 10:28:43 -0800]:
>
>> Well golly gee.  When I sent mail to arm@buildd.debian.org, saying
>> that packages had failed due to temporarily missing build
>> dependencies, it was apparently ignored for weeks.  It took the
>> release manager's involvement to get the build processed.
>
>> So no, I frankly don't believe the "what we need is developer help to
>> debug and fix."  
>
>   Sigh. "All the trouble that _I_ ever had with the ARM port was that
>   the buildd maintainer didn't process my request, so it is BLATANTLY
>   OBVIOUS that no other problems with the ARM port exist. I mean, come
>   on, I've never been in a situation where more developer help would
>   have been useful, so I 'frankly believe' such situations do not
>   exist."
>
>     -- Thomas Bushnell BSG.

The mail said "there are lots of packages in maybe-failed state, we
need help sorting through them."

So I thought back to recent history, when packages I maintain were in
maybe-failed state on arm, and had sorted through them, identified the
problem, and sent email.

The email was apparently entirely ignored, for weeks.

So when I hear, "we need people to do task X!" and I did a piece of
task X, and was simply ignored, I become hesitant to volunteer my time
to do more of task X.

Thomas