Can we *PLEASE* stop making new threads. It's getting *REALLY* hard to keep playing whack-a-mole with my bozo bin. Keep it all on the same thread. We don't need to 5 threads about this nonsense. It's starting to get annoying. On Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 11:26:29AM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 04/04/13 22:43, Christian PERRIER wrote: > > Quoting ian_bruce@fastmail.net (ian_bruce@fastmail.net): > > > >> If Debian bug report #684128 proves anything, it is that you will never > >> convince anyone with technical argument, facts advanced in support of > > > > > > I perfectly understand you can be frustrated but, honestly, as of now, > > we're focused on the wheezy release, again. Fixing debootstrap has > > much more importance than Giga/Gibibytes. Once wheezy is released, I > > see no reason for your proposed patch to be "rejected". > > Sadly, it appears that failure to communicate was from both sides > > Ian was told several times that changes may not be accepted for wheezy > > However, that communication was overshadowed by several comments > suggesting nobody cares about the issue at all, rather than comments > like that above explaining the relative importance of fixing other issues. > > This issue of units comes up again and again, there is a huge thread on > debian-devel in 2007[1] - that hardly seems like something that nobody > cares about. > > So while it may not make it into wheezy (I won't give my own opinion on > this one, it is for the release team to decide), I don't think the > reporter of this bug should be deterred by comments about it being a > trivial wishlist or nonsense item. > > It may actually be useful for the technical committee to review what is > on the wiki and make some general statement about Debian's position (if > they haven't done so in the past), and that can guide the way similar > bugs are classified for jessie and beyond. > > 1. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2007/06/thrd2.html#00700 > > 2. http://wiki.debian.org/ConsistentUnitPrefixes > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJRXpjBAAoJEOm1uwJp1aqDmTsQAL7tmMmZqoZevDa4ZhfuxGrh > R8340K+Fn0aZsYI66bxDHg/HDCJtCGfUpfTOYDnYfsSq+D+4X4ZFTJq6ezKvmbrO > mBDCILtq0km753MyfYgnq37/sCbbTrZ/dLKtSWLNioAcqfnqItSC3PqLUYH2l4Tn > MeXNCzMHKiG2J3hvWLM3knc3UMq/QGE2DUHzD32mk8zTCU4lAYOEsJOh8CQFKVri > oYfGnFlC0Yy6+xf/E1An9Gx80qfRf07vW1odtEIMFmtrotocsj+z3xW1Q8LgwvTA > EQ+yXHK7XWSFaruKSbkLyaM826syiRrDBzzTWN9Fi3gptYgJgEY0yGEQViQ6r5SL > eosQlxALWLCCG9HOzXLf0HXlKDg4keRI+Ay1BJJkcNurcvF4v70ee4YxmlmD6lXK > 2LiK/wb+FBjId0vpDP/kLRjhljt+kdNXe/4hqbc2d3aIY7Gnqjgz1o/I+x6+atrm > YIKJM6pGTYrFL2vfsIn1mlrbXnqJEyyD04v7U2afb3n1Dxn9zh/6j7L2R0tv5eLl > dCrnBkXjdLMyMaawyzb/uQyP2FvoFjk92XsehKDATLobQBnZvJ7B2ON6qtLWbn1Q > jG5BvdMH++jU7m+yDlctcVo0dakgAd8UnQFvckjH1JhPwRIsmBYUbJu0Y8fqY2Gz > mbpjVc641/AjIS4ytp10 > =L0ZB > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > Archive: [🔎] 515E98C5.6010609@pocock.com.au">http://lists.debian.org/[🔎] 515E98C5.6010609@pocock.com.au > -- .''`. Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@debian.org> : :' : Proud Debian Developer `. `'` 4096R / 8F04 9AD8 2C92 066C 7352 D28A 7B58 5B30 807C 2A87 `- http://people.debian.org/~paultag
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