On Jan 06 2016, Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote: > Nikolaus Rath writes ("Re: support for merged /usr in Debian"): >> On Jan 05 2016, Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote: >> > People who have been using a configuration for many years naturally >> > become upset when they are told that it has been `unsupported' for all >> > of this time >> >> Well, yes, but this is just a fact. I don't think it makes sense to >> avoid stating the fact because it makes some people upset - rather, >> those people should try to avoid blaming the messenger. > > Whether a configuration is `supported' is not a fact; it is a > political decision about how problems with it will be handled.
Once the decision has been made, it's a fact. And the decision has effectively been made - collectively by the project. Being upset about someone stating this is not productive. This is a volunteer project, the only way to change what is supported is to start supporting it, not to complain that others don't. Best, -Nikolaus (No Cc on replies please, I'm reading the list) -- GPG encrypted emails preferred. Key id: 0xD113FCAC3C4E599F Fingerprint: ED31 791B 2C5C 1613 AF38 8B8A D113 FCAC 3C4E 599F »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.«