Tushar Teredesai wrote these words on 01/23/06 23:15 CST:

> My intention was not to point it out as a mistake coz I don't know it
> was a mistake.

And what my intention was is that when something is discovered that
seems wrong, or doesn't make sense, it should be brought up in the
-dev list so that it can be discussed, and then fixed if necessary.


> My point is when there is a recommended section, the
> interpretation is subjective. So what is a *must want* dependency for
> one person may turn out to be useless for someone else.

I am in total agreement. That is why I was so critical in the
decision to make Gimp-print a recommended dependency for the Gimp.
Simply way too much subjectiveness.

Likewise, if I were to ever add something to the Recommended list
of a package and someone didn't agree with it, I would expect her
to bring it up and say "hey Randy, this is all wrong because ..."
I would have no problem discussing it and most likely changing it
back to optional because there was at least one person that
disagreed with my *opinion*.

Bottom line is: I respect the consensus of the community, more than
I need to have it "my way". If I want something, and even one
person writes in to disagree, I count it at -1 in my favor. I do
not count my vote. If the vote is so close that it could go
either way, I would prefer to put things how they *were*, rather
than *keep the change*".

-- 
Randy

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