Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> wrote: > I think most people in Debian are community minded enough to > find it difficult to work if they don't feel that the project -- as > represented by the DPL, by delegates, by fellow developers, by users, > whatever -- supports their activities. I think the problems posed by > flamewars and off-topic discussions on mailing list are both > underestimated and relatively easily fixed;
You are right, for sure. I also don't feel well when I read about the ways the ftpmasters, buildd admins, and other groups are often criticized, and I think it would be better to make them feel supported. However, this is kind of difficult. When I saw the NEW queue growing and growing in January, with my package in it, I thought to myself: "Well, this probably shows those people are working on testing-security, or some other RC sarge issue". I even expressed this opinion to others who asked about the package, and once in one of those threads on -devel; but how should I have shown the ftpmasters that I support their work, and am confident in their making good decisions? Not flaming might be good, but it doesn't tell the not-flamed-at people anything, unfortunately. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich Debian Developer
