Sam, On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 09:19:10AM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: > >>>>> "Mark" == Mark Hindley <m...@hindley.org.uk> writes: > > Mark> Sam, Since I cannot get a working and robust dpkg-divert > Mark> solution, I feel the need to revisit the validity of these > Mark> concerns. > > I'd like to push back on the phrasing here. > What i'm hearing is that after spending a couple of weeks exploring ways > to meet these concerns, you'd now like to push back on whether they are > a good idea in the first place. > That seems dismissive both of Julien's concerns and the engineering > effort you and others have spent exploring what the valid options are. > I agree with you that it's time to go back and revisit whether these > concerns are requirements that we can meet.
I wasn't intending to be dismissive at all. And I apologise if sloppy or careless use of language on my part gave that impression. [snip] > I think it is fair to ask Julien as the bug submitter to engage here > either by coming up with new options that none of us have explored or by > coming up with specific problems. Alternatively it would be reasonable > for him to ask someone else who has more time to dedicate to this issue > to step in. > > In general, we expect maintainers to respond to RC bugs within two > weeks. > I think that in a situation like this it would be reasonable to expect > Julien to respond within two weeks as well. > However, for your information, DSA is having some significant hardware > challenges and I think he is very involved in that. > I'd recommend being very receptive to a specific request for more time. > > Assuming no response, I think it would be reasonable for you to close > the bug after the timeout arguing that you have considered the issues > he brought up, considered alternative designs, and articulated why this > is the best option. I am happy with that. Thank you for your help, advice and facilitation. Mark