On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:14:09 +0200 Andrei Popescu <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Du, 14 nov 10, 20:27:15, Celejar wrote: > > [...] > > > The problem was fixed in a newer version of audacity, and Marillat, who > > is *extremely* responsive, quickly put that version into his repo, but > > the point is that you'll occasionally bump into things like that, and > > the Debian maintainer response can be a bit offputting - from the > > above report: > > > > ----- > > > > Above package versions are not official Debian packages. > > > > Debian unfortunately cannot guarantee compatibility with externally > > built packages. > > > > Please use Debian packages, or work with those unofficial package > > providers to improve their compatibility with Debian. > > > > > > Bug hereby closed. Please do tell us if your experienced problem is > > reproducible using only Debian packages, and we will investigate > > further. > > > > And please do continue to file bugreports - even if this one is judged > > as "wrong": We really appreciate the feedback! > > > > ----- > > Off-putting? I think the response is very nice... Perhaps I took it the wrong way, but I thought that the maintainer could have been a bit more cooperative and sympathetic, given that we're dealing with a repo which is widely used and practically official, even though it technically isn't. Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101115092154.e32eee84.cele...@gmail.com
