Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

[Derek Gladding <derek_gladding@altavista.net>]

On Monday 18 February 2002 01:36 am, ben wrote:
> On Monday 18 February 2002 12:43 am, tluxt2@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Ok
> > ccheney is MIA for > 1 week with no advance notice of planned
> > absence
>
> it's great that you've taken such an interest in helping the
> maintainers but you seem to have developed an attitude of scorn that
> really seems unjustified. everyone accepts that all of the
> maintainers involved with any part of debian actually have other
> imperatives going on in their lives, and that if and when those
> imperatives take precedence over the tasks of the distribution for
> which they've taken on responsibility, such absences that occur do
> not in any way mitigate the debts of gratitude and respect that the
> rest of us owe them. what gives you the right to suggest that chris
> cheney or anyone else is required to provide you with prior notice of
> any absence? and another thing, if you're going to make a habit of
> belittling any maintainer's performance, at least have the balls to
> identify yourself, instead of hiding behind a personal acronym on a
> web-based mailer.
>
> ben

Seconded. (well put, ben)

- Derek