Anthony Towns writes ("Re: mixmaster /etc/default/*"):
> No, I'm saying that we shouldn't be in the business of reviewing every
> disagreement in Debian. And we certainly shouldn't leave the decision
> as to whether we'll review any particular decision solely up to whether
> whoever was disagreed with is unwilling to let the matter drop.That is precisely what our job is. We expect our co-developers and users to use some sensible judgement. If this turns out to be a problem then we can develop some lightweight way of getting rid of nuisance questions. But there doesn't seem to be a big problem here. > The submitter's not "wrong" in any important way -- if he were the > maintainer and had decided to take the course of action, that'd be > fine too. I disagree with that. I'm not sure I'd personally want to push the question to the TC under those conditions but if someone else did so I would be willing to issue a ruling saying that the maintainer was doing the wrong thing. > Uh, the bug never actually got reopened or reassigned to the ctte, and > the submitter's most recent mail said "I'm fine with the result." What's > the point of a vote? You appear to be referring to Jari's mail of 01 Dec 2007 19:34:58 +0200. I think the "result" he's saying is "fine" is the version of his request represented in Peter Palfrader's summary. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
