Re: ranting vs bug filing (Re: potential MBF: first alternate depends not available in main

[Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>]

Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> writes:

> Hi,
>
> this is not particulary about unrar or Goswin...
>
> On Samstag, 19. März 2011, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> No, I truely mean that unrar-free is practically useless. The stoneage
>> rar formats it suports have not been in general use for many years.
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/src:unrar shows me two unrelated bugs, none stating 
> it's useless. 
>
> I wonder why people rant here about bugs, instead of filing them in the 
> appropriate places.
>
> Ranting on -devel doesn't change things. (Sometimes its useful to make people 
> aware, yes. But then, the next step is something else than ranting again.)
>
>
> cheers,
> 	Holger

And don't forget: One mans useless piece of code is another mans holy
grail.

MfG
        Goswin