Re: Bug#176627: a fallacy
Adam DiCarlo <aph@debian.org> writes:
>> > If the upstream software maintainers state they don't want to support
>> > certain architectures, what the hell, isn't that their perogative?
>>
>> Strawman.
>
> Now, on what basis do you claim this is a strawman?
This is missing the point. As a maintainer of LaTeX2HTML, I
faced upstream that was not interested in having a product that was
packaged at all -- it was meant to be configured and run in place by
the end user. Moving the stuff around to allow it into Debian
required major changes.
The upstream is just one factor when it comes to making
decisions about our ackages. Suposedly, our users are top
priority -- and as a maintainers, I fully intend to do the best I
can to support users on all 11 arches. Making a package arch: any
and allowing my bretheren on other platforms to help me improve my
package is a small sacrifice to make.
manoj
--
"Well, Art is Art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is
water! And East is East and West is West and if you take cranberries
and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than
rhubarb does. Now, uh... Now you tell me what you know." Groucho Marx,
"Animal Crackers"
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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