On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 10:41:47PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach martin f krafft [2003.09.30.1016 +0200]: > > How do y'all suggest we continue on this, because apparently there > > are two camps with different opinions, Herbert doesn't think he > > needs to do anything, and this issue will just die without a change > > happening. I think we have to properly address and close the whole > > thing! > > Apparently noone agrees with me.
I agree that the Debian kernel sources shouldn't contain any feature backports that aren't specifically to address security issues. I'd prefer a kernel source package with as few changes as possible. However, I also agree that it's Herbert's perrogative as pacakge maintainer to package what he wants (short of a policy violation or general resolution). > I can't help but state that I am rather pissed off! I am especially > annoyed with Herbert, who refused to make even the slightest budge in > a direction showing his willingness to cooperate. I am sick and tired > of these "it's your problem" and "it's my choice" excuses. Debian is > a cooperative effort, it's not a conglomeration of hundreds of > maintainers that do their own thing with their own packages. Sadly, you must be seeing a different Debian that I've seen. Sure the developers frequently work together toward an end goal, but I've seen meantion of a few cases of developers maintaining their packages exactly the way they want regardless of what other have to say. You've always got the option of packaging a new kernel source package without the excess. -- Jamin W. Collins Remember, root always has a loaded gun. Don't run around with it unless you absolutely need it. -- Vineet Kumar
