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Re: support for merged /usr in Debian



On Tue, Jan 05, 2016 at 08:10:00PM +0100, Simon Richter wrote:
> On 05.01.2016 19:37, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> 
> > There is a significant difference between concepts like:
> > - something works for me
> > - something works
> 
> > and:
> > - I want something to be supported
> > - the people actually working on something want to support it
> 
> What is the recourse for people who are not maintainers of the packages
> in question?

Not much.  For example, policykit-1 FTBFSes on non-systemd architectures
(#798769) despite a patch being provided and multiple maintainer uploads
since then.

So even doing the work won't do any good if your aims are for whatever
reason disliked by the maintainer.

-- 
A tit a day keeps the vet away.


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