Re: UPG and the default umask

[Michael Banck <mbanck@debian.org>]

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 04:19:02PM +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
> Mike Bird <mgb-debian@yosemite.net> writes:
> 
> > Those of us who actually administer Linux systems realize that the
> > proponents of this change are (a) way out of their depth so that (b)
> > they cannot forsee the consequences of their actions yet (c) they have
> > the power to carry their actions through and (d) they haven't listened
> > to reason yet.
> 
> Out of interest, how would you propose an independent observer should
> distinguish between these two cases:
> 
> * The package maintainers respond to specific expressed complaints,
>   then ignore the complaints and fail to listen to reason.
> 
> * The package maintainers respond to specific expressed complaints,
>   then consider the complaints and reject them on the basis of reason.
> 
> How would the independent observer tell which has occurred?

Please take this conversation to -project or elsewhere, it does not
belong on -devel.


Thanks,

Michael