On May 6, 2005, at 3:07 PM, Art McGee wrote:
No, I'm not dependent on GIMP, as I have have access to nasty and evil closed source tools like Photoshop. I just wanted to have a little more external process clarity when packages get pulled or rolled back for security or other reasons. Don't just take it away, put a note in the database somewhere letting the less knowledgable know WHY you took it away and when you think it might come back. It's OK to be conservative and say "The GIMP will be back in 3 months," just as long as you note these changes explicitly. I'm a stickler for transparency that extends beyond the techie and hacker community. Sure, I know how to find out what's going on, but that newbie I just talked to about the wonders of open source doesn't.
Actually, Alex Strange did that on this very list soon after he made 2.2.6 available to the unstable tree.
http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php? message_id=%3c0a806dd16ffc66613b475181028d7cdc%40ithinksw.com%3e
He also did note that he brought 2.0.6 back as a separate package, 2.0.6default. The point may be having a more standard way of communicating these changes. For reasons that Alex Hanson cited, I agree that we need to cut maintainers some slack because they have day jobs.
But, really, contact the maintainers directly. They are unbelievably helpful.
P
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