On Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 01:45:53PM -0500, Jon Marler wrote: > Qmail is a non-free package. All the packages that I maintain are non-free. > Thus I am hated by my peers in Debian because I am a non-free maintainer.
How in the heaven's name did you get that impression, that everyone hates in Debian you for maintaining non-free packages? I for one do _NOT_ hate anyone because of any packages they maintain, and I'm quite sure I'm not alone! > Especially becuase I maintain qmail which is the MTA that Debian runs on all > their mail boxen. The die hard DFSG guys want qmail ripped out, and a DFSG > compliant mail transport installed. What's so bad in wanting to change to a free mailer? We are about free software after all... nobody wants qmail out of the distribution (or if they do, they keep it a secret because there is no basis for getting it out). > I get 0 help from anyone else in Debian. Funny, I track lots of mailing list and hang out on our IRC channel, but I haven't noticed you asking help. If you asked for help (and on the right place) I'm sure someone would provide it. > I was FORCED to change the uid/gid's by the project leader. But that change was quite reasonable (no other package owns that many static UIDs, so why should qmail?), and it didn't hurt the package - you just had it switch over to new numbers, right? I am quite appalled and saddened by this message of yours, it puts a bad light on Debian as a whole, needlessly IMHO&IME. I'm CC:ing this message to the -project mailing list because it concerns everyone else, not just -bugs-dist readers. -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification Please CC: me on any replies, I'm not on the -project mailing list ATM.
