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Re: Ignoramus' Guide to Deb-Make



Christian Leutloff wrote:
> 
> Igor Grobman <igor@digicron.com> writes:
> 
> > It is my belief that the maintainer
> > should know exactly what's going with his package.
> 
> I don't *want* to know that! 
> [...]
> I want to get good packages with the least possible afford for the
> maintainer. I can drive a car with out knowing how the machine
> works. Why shouldn't I pack a program for Debian without knowing about
> the things that scripts can do for me????
> 

But here you're not playing the car-driver role.
You're playing the car-repair role.
So I read your statement as :
   ## I can repair a car without knowing how the machine works.
and feel it's absurd.
Will you bring your car to a car-repair who puts this statement on the
wall?


Fabrizio
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