>>>>> "Adam" == Adam D Barratt <a...@adam-barratt.org.uk> writes:
Adam> Hi, Making no comment on the remainder of the mail: Adam> On 2015-03-05 10:38, Michael Tokarev wrote: >> And since I can't do my work, I'm stepping down from being >> busybox maintainer, and am kindly asking the release team to >> remove my name from debian/control file in busybox, so that >> people don't blame me for things I can't do. Adam> I don't believe it would be appropriate for us to do so. We Adam> have no control or say in who maintains packages (beyond that Adam> available to any other DD or interested contributor). michael, I'd like to ask if I'm hearing you correctly. So, what I'm hearing is very strong frustration. You had hoped that you would have the power to produce a package that you'd be happy being responsible for. However you don't believe that you have that power; you're saying that changes you consider essential to creating a busybox you're comfortable being responsible for are rejected. Am I hearing you correctly? Adam, let's assume for the moment I've got that right. I'm trying to connect with the frustration I'd feel if I were told that I didn't even have the power to distance myself from something I couldn't in good conscious claim to support. I hope that there's some way that michael can approach stepping away from the package in jessie if he wants to. If what you're saying is that his proposed mechanism for doing that is the wrong one, would you be willing to help him out and suggest a mechanism you believe to be more appropriate? (Perhaps you'd approve an ublock for an upload that simply changed maintainer to debian-qa?) If what you're saying is that you see no mechanism for him to step away from a package he no longer feels he can maintain because he and the release team disagree with the desired contents of that package in Jessie, then I respectfully ask you to reconsider that position. That sort of thing would likely drive me away from the entire project, not just one package. Micahel, one final question to you. Are you firmly committed to the path of stepping away from busybox maintenance, or would you be willing to re-evaluate that decision after we see what comes of your request for understanding? thanks for your consideration, --Sam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/0000014be9d67c2a-235bd750-20d6-4195-86ca-98841d13dc39-000...@email.amazonses.com