On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:22:47 -0400 "William L. Thomson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-07-13 at 14:53 +0200, Jakub Moc wrote: > > Michael Hanselmann napsal(a): > > > On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 01:37:11PM +0200, Benedikt Boehm wrote: > > > > > It seems like you aren't interested in communication with the > > > maintainer, otherwise you would've CC'ed me. > > > > Erm? This was completely uncalled for, I'd say?! > > Looking at traffic going both ways I don't think it was meant harshly > or etc. More a surprise to the current maintainer. That they weren't > contacted to get their feedback on something they are directly > responsible for. Before going over their heads or around the bush to > get opinions from others. Actually i am qmail maintainer and also been in the qmail herd for quite some time... > > I don't think it was intentionally done. But usually, not sure if it's > stated in policy, it's best to try to contact a maintainer first, > directly. If one exists, if not the someone maintaining the herd then. > Discussing and ideas, thoughts, issues, etc there. Then based on that, > elevate the conversation to say -dev ml or etc for all to be involved. > > I am sure lots of us have lots of ideas about allot of packages. But > only a few of us take enough time to commit to being a packages > maintainer. Those willing to put their neck on the line should be the > first stop, IMHO. > > Simple misunderstanding miss-communication. :) > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
