On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Holger Levsen <hol...@layer-acht.org> wrote: > Hi, > > On Freitag, 1. Juni 2012, Steve Langasek wrote: > [...] >> This is very different from what some people mean when they use the word >> hijack. In part, I think we have a terminological problem here; I don't >> know if it's a matter of non-native speakers using the word differently, >> but the word "hijack" clearly refers to a /hostile act/. By definition, >> anything that could legitimately be called a hijack should not be >> permitted; and anything that we believe should be permitted should not be >> referred to as "hijacking". Otherwise, people will infer that all kinds >> of >> inappropriate and hostile behavior is ok when it shouldn't be. >> >> And when people *do* engage in that kind of hostile behavior, yes, I think >> it should be referred to the TC and we should disapprove of it. But when >> people are taking reasonable steps to confirm that a package is abandoned >> before taking it over - let's call this "salvage" - I have no problem with >> that; it should be encouraged and supported.
I kinda like "Package reappropriation" myself :) > > thanks for explaining, makes completly sense to me now! :-) > > (And I do think it's partly a language issue. For non-native speakers "hijack" > is probably a bit more romantic and less obviously evil 8-) > > > cheers, > Holger > > (And for those poor people (should they exist...) just reading my mail and not > Steve's and thus having no idea what is ment with "salvaging a package": go > read Steve's mail.) > > > -- > 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/201206012222.16740.hol...@layer-acht.org > -- All programmers are playwrights, and all computers are lousy actors. #define sizeof(x) rand() :wq -- 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/CAO6P2QS07EHUODXJ=RdudQDzqBz88=DvhA1ad=7xzwdmcbf...@mail.gmail.com
