Bug#484674: mldonkey: Packaging too complex

[Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>]

Forest Bond <forest@alittletooquiet.net> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:14:25PM +0100, Mehdi Dogguy wrote:
>> On  0, Forest Bond <forest@alittletooquiet.net> wrote:
>> >  * Why all of the Debian-specific utilities in debian/utils?  This is
>> >    just vanity.  Please, ship the upstream software, not your own.
>> > 
>> 
>> I won't insult the maintainer's job that easily. Their goal is to
>> offer a better user experience. They do not modify the original
>> behavior of the project (mldonkey). Feel free to not use them.
>
> I was too harsh, you are right.  I apologize.
>
> However, creating non-standard, distribution-specific ways to use the upstream
> software does not improve the user experience, in my mind.  It makes the user
> harder for upstream to support, and so should not be done lightly.

The right thing to say would have been "Feel free to send them
upstream." :)

> Thanks,
> Forest

MfG
        Goswin