On 10/19/06, Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I do not have to include any patch-o-matic extensions.
Yes, of course, but you did in the past, so your latest policy change has introduced a regression for your users. I think it is within their rights to ask you for a better explanation than "I don't feel like doing so any more".
Please, make it easier for people to understand your decisions.
Asserting that patch-o-matic-ng extensions are official netfilter extensions is misleading. The non-mainline kernel netfilter extensions used to build the iptables userspace extensions were withdrawn from patch-o-matic-ng upstream, as noted in the Debian changelog. Upstream had a number of reasons to withdraw them (some not maintained, some maintained elsewhere now, some deprecated, etc) and it has always been my policy to not include third-party extensions. It was clearly a mistake to ever add pomng extensions because they are a support headache. And most were added at a user's requests. Silly me. Always undone by trying to please users. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
