On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 12:27:03PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > https://sourceforge.net/p/gjots2/bugs/ > > Someone new to this can't tell from this message or that list of 20 bugs > > (none of which obvisouly have your name on), what it is about the > > package which is so buggy that a new version cannot be uploaded. > > > It would help if you actually explained the issue, or at least said > > which of those bugs were relevant. > > To what end? Are we then going to vote on whether Rolf's decision to defer > the new upstream releases was technically sound, before we will recognize as > valid his feelings of frustration that Debian's norms and policies were not > followed? Is our response to a complaint that a maintainer's rights[*] have > not been respected, to further punish the maintainer by collectively > usurping that position for ourselves? > > Now, I don't think this thread should ever have been begun the way it was on > debian-devel. There are appropriate ways to provide feedback to the DAM and > the NM team that don't involve publicly naming and shaming people on > Debian's highest-profile technical mailing list; and the general problem > could be discussed here without needing to name anyone. But by my > reckoning, that means we should be trying to get our noses out rather than > sticking them further in.
+1 Long version: Wise words, thank you Vorlon for writing them. (yes, that is a compliment) Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven
