#include <hallo.h> * Peter Mathiasson [Tue, Sep 03 2002, 06:44:54PM]: > On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 02:19:03PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > > NMUer time is better spent on really unmaintained packages. > > Amen.
Dito. Unused and maintained package are not bad, they will be excluded if they have RC bugs. But frequently used packages with MIA maintainers are worse, especially when nobody dares to make the NMU. Even worse are the "mine, all mine" maintainers that want to be the official maintainer of some prominent package, allowing noone to touch the stuff, even if sHe has no time or no motivation to improve the package or even fix the bugs. Come on people, it is unstable and the transitions are announced. If the particular maintainer does not follow the development, other should be allowed to "help" him. If the package is really needed by some people, and became uninstallable in unstable, that is a state of no-go and should be fixed by NMUs, if neccessary. Of course, some quality tests are better made by the maintainer, but obvious changes should not stop the development. If really bad things happens just because of the recompilation, than the package is faulty anyways. Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- Space Cadet wrote: > wird jetzt aus meinem 100%-WindowsNTkompatiblen, 100%-absturzsicheren > Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 (ist übrigens auch Freeware) entfernt. So ein Glück aber auch. Spart den Eintrag im Killfile. (Jörg Fischer in dcoulh)