Clint Adams wrote: > On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 05:43:41PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: >> I'm not sure what you mean by this question, or what the point is. > > I will clarify. AJ obviously feels that it is his prerogative (under > which hat or set of hats, I do not know) to decide which set of > architectures in the archive are worthwhile, and what manner of > supplication or "wowing" is necessary to change his preconceived > notions on these matters. He just argued why he is not convinced the port is ready for inclusion in the archive. [rambling about amd64] > Most candidates seem to think that the kfreebsd port is worthwhile > and should be included in the archive, but AJ seems to have additional > requirements beyond what is listed for release architectures at > http://release.debian.org/etch_arch_policy.html , and though it seems > somewhat strange that the archive inclusion criteria should be stricter > than the release arch criteria, I can see a point to introducing > chicken-egg problems there. Indeed, it's only logical to have high standards (possibly higher than release arch criteria) for inclusion in the archive. Though I think most of the points AJ mentioned are easy to tackle for people working on the port... > Now it is unclear which hat AJ is wearing when he implies that he is > authorized to decide which architectures are important, by criteria he > decides unilaterally. I am curious as to what the other candidates > think: is it appropriate for him to do this, and, if so, which > positions of authority or achievements have earned him the "moral" right > to do so? ftpmaster > As for the point of my question: I find this behavior to be highly > arrogant and offensive, and will be ranking AJ below NotA because of it. > In order to vote fairly, it is important to know the attitudes of the > other candidates in these matters. Some of AJ's wording in this thread might be interpreted offensive, though I don't think that's intentional. He just listed his concerns which I hope will be acted on so that we have an extra high quality arch to support for lenny :-) Cheers Luk -- Luk Claes - http://people.debian.org/~luk - GPG key 1024D/9B7C328D Fingerprint: D5AF 25FB 316B 53BB 08E7 F999 E544 DE07 9B7C 328D
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