On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 03:07:39PM +0200, Michael Schmitt wrote: > Anyway, up to now, officially, afaik Ove was kindly asked several > times if he needs help but he is a bit reluctant to just accept that > help unconditionally. In his pov to built good WINE-packages some > effort has to be made and others would likely just "hack" something > together. He has seen such things in the past, so he wants others to > prove first that they have quality in mind too. It's crucial to distinguish between lack of committment to quality, and lack of experience with a particular package. A maintainer who can find no one in Debian who meets their standards is often confusing the one for the other. > One could argue if Oves standards are too high (at least for some / most > users), but that IS the right of every maintainer and at least I prefer > quality over fast-shots. It is the responsibility of a maintainer to maintain their package to high standards. But this is a two-part responsibility: to hold high standards, and to *maintain* the package. A maintainer who is not actually maintaining the package has no right to block others, regardless of the relative height of their standards. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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