On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 02:38:02PM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 07/14/2013 01:09 PM, David Kalnischkies wrote: > >At least I am seriously expecting that Debian isn't discarding the outcome > >of a project it has officially endorsed to be under its umbrella for GSoC > >without even the slightest bit of consideration. > > I didn't know that someone is working on OpenRC under the umbrella > of GSoC. Don't make any assumptions, please. There was a mail to d-d-a. (20130529003844.GA5280@loki.localdomain) surely you read d-d-a :) > >GSoC in Debian was announced a long time ago, enough time to raise > >any objections against any proposed project. Either this wasn't done or > >it wasn't done loud enough as the OpenRC project was accepted and is now > >being worked on by a student, so its too late to voice any concerns now > >as this is just slapping the student right across the face. Its at least > >nothing I would do while trying to hook a student to continue working > >in/on Debian even long after a specific project is done (and GSoC ended). > > Well, if I had known it, I'd have voted against it. And, I am sorry, To quote another DD I respect a great deal: "This is not a fucking vote". They had a sane project that had a great chance of improving Debian, and gives us options. It's also about the *student*. We want more contributors. Why throw away someone willing to do great work within Debian? > but just because a GSoC student is working on OpenRC in Debian > doesn't make it any more appealing or sensible in my eyes. It gives us an option. [...] Cheers, Paul -- .''`. 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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