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. :)
> 
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