On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 08:03:59PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Steve Langasek (vorlon@debian.org) [090824 19:38]: > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 04:34:56PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > > It's perfectly possible to make it the default *without* making it the > > > only supported option. > > I'm sure the maintainers would welcome patches to fix the bugs in question. > The most vital bug that needs to be fixed currently is the new dependency > from sysv-rc on insserv. The patch to fix this is trivial. (I'm > refraining to open a new bug report on this for obvious reasons.) I don't agree that this is a bug, and "fixing" this bug does nothing to help improve the default Debian system. > If the current maintainers are not willing to continue the > maintainership of sysv-rc in a good way anymore, they should consider > orphaning the package. It's not for you to say whether they're maintaining it properly, though. Maintainers don't stop being the decision makers for their packages just because those packages are part of the base system. While Debian progresses more smoothly when we can achieve a clear consensus about the core packages, if you want to override a decision that the maintainer has made, that's a Technical Committee prerogative. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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