Me: > [In the hypothetical case] I write to the maintainer > of P but get no reply. After repeating this a few times I (finally!) > get a message from the P maintainer... about his having more important > things to do than deal with my patch. [...]
Frans Pop: > Alternative conclusion to this saga... > I discuss on d-devel if the Foo project is a worthwhile goal and how I've > gotten stuck. There is general agreement that Foo is worth pushing for > the next release. I ask for a review of/help with my patches to the > packages that block progress, deal with the comments that come back and > NMU them (after mailing the maintainer one last time). [...] Right. Either way, the maintainer's failure to respond to my messages ends up costing me a lot of time. The prospect of this is likely to have a negative impact on my motivation to undertake project Foo in the first place. This was the contention expressed in the Subject line and is the only point I would want to support. Svenl originally claimed that ignoring patches is an act of "contempt", but I would certainly not go that far. Yes, responding to a request would be regarded as elementary politeness in some spheres, but Debian's social norms are not the same as those of everyday life. -- Thomas Hood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]