Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilb...@gmail.com> writes: > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Alexander Wirt wrote:
>> The question is: who decides? I have a bunch of packages and an >> established workflow that served me well over the last years. I don't >> want to learn another *censored* system, just because someone said its >> the new standard or it is better. I can't remember that somebody asked >> about deprecating well established and working tools. > Simple answer: the maintainer(s) of that tool. If he/she/they think it > needs to go, then it should. If someone else is willing to be the maintainer of the tool (as is the case here), I think it's a bit more complicated than that. I find Zack's argument persuasive, but I don't think the situation is as simple as "whatever the dpatch maintainer says goes." -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/871usru5sl....@windlord.stanford.edu
