Re: ${HOME} vs. g_get_home_dir () [and 1 more messages]

[Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org>]

Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> writes:
> Le mercredi 26 septembre 2012 à 23:17 +0100, Ian Jackson a écrit : 
>> Josselin Mouette writes ("Re: ${HOME} vs. g_get_home_dir () [and 1 more messages]"):
>> > Maybe you should try and obtain a CTTE decision to patch that in glib.
>> 
>> Surely it would be better to try to fully understand the problem, and
>> discuss it politely and constructively with the various people
>> involved.  There is no need to even consider escalation at this stage.
>
> Yes, good idea! How about trying to understand why upstream does things
> in a certain way, and looking at past discussions of how they came to
> such decisions, instead of asking maintainers to override these
> decisions because you know better?

That is exactly what Ian suggested. Maybe you should read his mail
again.


Best,

   -Nikolaus

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