Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well, no, that's not actually true. Debian developers get a say in > whatever they're responsible for. Whether that whatever is a bunch of > packages on which they're listed as Maintainer, or a port they've been > maintaining for a few years, or a programming language for which they > maintain an extraordinary amount of packages and have been helping out > in shaping a policy for, or some appointed position (as in this case) > really isn't all that important.
That is a crucial difference between d-l and many other responsibilities in Debian: ultimately, d-l is only advisory. > If somebody not involved with the m68k port comes and tells me that > some decision I made for m68k is all wrong and that I should've done > this or that instead, I'll have a good laugh. And go on with doing > whatever I was doing. > > Which, I think, is what the ftp-masters should do to this thread. That's probably good advice for those of us who contribute to d-l, too. Except for one thing: if there's significant distrust or antipathy directed toward d-l it interferes with our ability to give advice on software freedom issues because people don't listen to us. That, ultimately, is why I posted my original message. -- Jeremy Hankins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP fingerprint: 748F 4D16 538E 75D6 8333 9E10 D212 B5ED 37D0 0A03 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
