On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 05:45:25PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 08:14:21AM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > > > Uh, what the hell? > > You have four people asking basically the same question, and you > > wonder about this? > > Yes, because _all_ of them leap to the conclusion that I'm trying to delay > something, when I'm not.
Because you are not communicating, and the impression that your actions make are that you _are_ delaying. > > > I sent the mail requesting input and advising the relevant teams of the > > > changes on the 22nd of Feb to make sure that it _wouldn't_ delay the > > > update that Joey had previously indicated would be coming at the end of > > > Feb or early March. > > Why did you decide not to give Joey the go-ahead for 3.1r2? > > Huh? I haven't decided anything. At present, as announced [0], we're > about to flick the switch on the the mirror split, which is what's taking > my focus. Does this delay implementation of the point release? > > > This is why I hate trying to talk about things on Debian lists, for > > > reference. > > For reference, Debian is a distributed project. Mailing lists are our > > main means of communication. This discussion is far away from a flame > > war and it would surely pass any sane code of conduct anybody could > > impose on us without half of the project retiring. > > What discussion, exactly? There's a bunch of people telling me how I'm > blocking the process and deliberately delaying point releases, Joey's > demanding to be made an ftpmaster, and over what? A single mail that > didn't get a reply until Joey followed up to it a month later? Yes. People obviously consider this important. > It's also why I don't think focussing on "reports" or "more communication" > per se is worth the trouble: I've never once seen it resolve the > underlying complaints. Yes, the problem that we have with ftpmaster are not solved by better communication. They can probably be mitigated, but frankly, I don't see that there is any way to solve the ftpmaster issues with the current cast of characters. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
