William S. Gribble: > If you don't want feedback about the tools, might I suggest that > you give up their maintenance to someone who does? Dselect as it > exists is nothing more or less than a working prototype of the tool > it needs to be.
That's not the point. Ian has had feedback. Lot's of feedback. Lots, and lots of feedback. The issues are well known (and he pointed this out in his email message). He's also asked for help on dealing with some of the issues. I don't know how much he's gotten. This is a big project, and some of these issues are non-trivial. Giving up completely at the first sign of difficulty isn't going to solve anything. If you want to help, I think you ought to be able to without having Ian stop working on that part of the project. IF it turns out that someone else is capable of managing dpkg/dselect and is doing significant development, etc., *then* is the time to talk about Ian stepping out of the way. At the moment, Ian is about as obstructionist as a fifteen lane through-way (and heading the right way). -- Raul
