> Perhaps it would, if it had not come on the tails of a string of unwarranted > insults against other developers (most of whom seem to agree with my ideas > on the technical subject under discussion).
The closest I got to an insult was accusing Manoj of having a prune up his rear. In comparison I have been called most names under the sun in both public and private responses to my emails. This matches with my assertion that a minority of people get too excited when their precious Debian is perceived to be under attack or not technically pure enough (another issue not directly related to this thread). All I have said to date is that the overwrite question was suggested in the past by another developer as a way of dealing with the problem when it came up before. Some of us implemented the suggestion and it seems no one has had a problem with it until now (I have had no bug reports on this). There are other suggestions now that may accomplish the same thing (though I don't like the XML or UCF stuff as they add dependencies) and when the dust has settled I'm sure I will implement the recommendation put forward. Matt.
