Re: long-standing bugs and tar pits

2022-09-20 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 01:28:49PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: So Chuck Zmudzinski is on trial for hating Debian. What is the penalty? I, for one, will personally de-prioritise anything I see your name attached to; at least for a while. -- Please do not CC me for listmail. 👱🏻 Jonatha

Re: long-standing bugs and tar pits (was: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?)

2022-09-20 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 10:57:16AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: As a person of gray Debian beard (but of sufficiently low profile to have been forgotten about as a developer) You can't escape :P It's nice to see names that used to be a big part of the "face" of Debian, such as yourself, po

Re: long-standing bugs and tar pits

2022-09-18 Thread tomas
On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 01:28:49PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 9/16/22 1:03 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: [...] > > It's okay, and even desirable, to give a chilly reception to people who > > approach free software projects with this level of persistent entitlement. > > So Chuck Zmudzinski is

Re: long-standing bugs and tar pits

2022-09-17 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/16/22 1:03 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: > "G. Branden Robinson" writes: > > > That said, such people define "constructively" in an odd way, as can be > > seen above; they assert that the only way they experience respect is to > > be _obeyed_. They claim that they are treated as second-class citiz

Re: long-standing bugs and tar pits

2022-09-16 Thread Russ Allbery
"G. Branden Robinson" writes: > That said, such people define "constructively" in an odd way, as can be > seen above; they assert that the only way they experience respect is to > be _obeyed_. They claim that they are treated as second-class citizens > because they are not deferred to like monar

Re: long-standing bugs and tar pits (was: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?)

2022-09-16 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/16/22 11:57 AM, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2022-09-16T19:12:40+0530, Nilesh Patra wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 08:47:19AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > > That's easy to explain why your bugs are fixed quickly. You are a > > > DD, so your bugs are important. I am not a DD so my

long-standing bugs and tar pits (was: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?)

2022-09-16 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2022-09-16T19:12:40+0530, Nilesh Patra wrote: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 08:47:19AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > That's easy to explain why your bugs are fixed quickly. You are a > > DD, so your bugs are important. I am not a DD so my bugs are not as > > important to the maintainers who hav