[ Dropping the Security Team from CC as this probably won't be relevant for them anymore ]
On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 02:05:55PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: > Florian Ernst wrote: > > Nonetheless this all made me think hard, and sadly I had to realize > > I'm not quite up to the task (yet?), so it's better to hand over the > > package into more knowledgable hands: RFA just sent. Until this happens, > > I'll try to sort out all the remaining issues, of course, so please keep > > me in line. This paragraph is just so you know what you are up to. > > Umh... Wrong action. If you don't know something, learn it. Hiding > before the problem doesn't help at all. You'll grow up with the > problems as long as you're willing to learn and act on hints properly. > Nobody was born with knowledge in all areas. That's only one aspect of the story. When I adopted the package in April I originally intended to learn about it in the progress of maintaining it. Yet quickly I found I didn't have the time to really delve into it, so even before that bug was reported I felt overstrained. Then, on that day, I recieved the bugreport right before starting into a day of work which I already knew would turn stressful in many ways, so I tried to make the best out of it, but didn't quite get it right. Of course, basically I agree with you: If you don't know something, learn it. But learning needs time. Without time at hand one won't learn. Without learning one might stay clueless. A person that doesn't really have a clue about a package shouldn't maintain it. If I really wanted to hide before the problem, I guess I simply would have orphaned it. Instead, I'm going to try my best to resolve the remaining issues, but I acknowledge someone else might be better suited for maintaining and I wouldn't like to be in his / her way. If nobody steps up to take over I'll continue maintaining it and put my limited resources into this task, I definitely won't just run away. Pondering this I thought the text for RFA was quite fitting: "Due to lack of time, resources, interest or something similar, the current maintainer is asking for someone else to maintain this package. They will maintain it in the meantime, but perhaps not in the best possible way." Cheers, Flo
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