On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 1:11 AM, Marek Szuba <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2016-09-11 14:19, Martin Gysel wrote: > > >> +1. Any package whose upstream says "don't build this yourself" is > >> hostile to open source principles. > > just to make it clear, upstream never said such thing nor are they in > > any way hostile to open source principles (I suppose you wouldn't state > > that if you know subsurface's developers). > They have, however, used the term "deprecated" to describe > distribution-maintained packages. It's right there on the download page. > > And yes, I know (and so do at least several other devs) that one of the > major contributors to Subsurface is one Linus Torvalds. > *eats humble pie* Seems I was mistaken, and I also apologize for the venom. > > -- > MS > >
