Re: hijack my thread
On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 12:27:03PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > > https://sourceforge.net/p/gjots2/bugs/
> > Someone new to this can't tell from this message or that list of 20 bugs
> > (none of which obvisouly have your name on), what it is about the
> > package which is so buggy that a new version cannot be uploaded.
>
> > It would help if you actually explained the issue, or at least said
> > which of those bugs were relevant.
>
> To what end? Are we then going to vote on whether Rolf's decision to defer
> the new upstream releases was technically sound, before we will recognize as
> valid his feelings of frustration that Debian's norms and policies were not
> followed? Is our response to a complaint that a maintainer's rights[*] have
> not been respected, to further punish the maintainer by collectively
> usurping that position for ourselves?
>
> Now, I don't think this thread should ever have been begun the way it was on
> debian-devel. There are appropriate ways to provide feedback to the DAM and
> the NM team that don't involve publicly naming and shaming people on
> Debian's highest-profile technical mailing list; and the general problem
> could be discussed here without needing to name anyone. But by my
> reckoning, that means we should be trying to get our noses out rather than
> sticking them further in.
+1
Long version: Wise words, thank you Vorlon for writing them.
(yes, that is a compliment)
Groeten
Geert Stappers
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