On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 11:07:36AM +0200, Thomas Hood wrote: > On Wed, 11 May 2005 12:30:21 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > Completely MIA maintainers are one part of the problem. > > > > But then there's the class of maintainers who manage to upload a new > > upstream version and perhaps fix some RC bugs every few months but are > > not able to properly handle all bugs in their packages. > > > In part this is a consequence of scarce manpower. In part it is a > consequence of the institution of package ownership and other > organisational flaws. If you agree with this diagnosis then I am curious > to know which of the following you plan to do. > > 1. continue to participate in the Debian project despite its > dysfunctional organisation; > 2. push for changes to the organisation; > 3. participate in another project instead. > > (There are other possibilities, of course.)
Some years ago the only choice for me was 1) since 2) was not possible for an average Debian maintainer. I was glad to hear if this had changed since I left. > Thomas Hood cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]