On 18/01/11, 09:54:07, Peter FELECAN <[email protected]> wrote regarding Re: [csw-maintainers] [policy] files/dirs in /var/opt/csw:
> James Lee <[email protected]> writes: > > On 17/01/11, 15:48:33, Peter FELECAN <[email protected]> wrote regarding > > Re: [csw-maintainers] [policy] files/dirs in /var/opt/csw: > > > >> > "most" isn't support. It's unsupported but if it works for the subset > >> > of package you chose then I'm not going to stop you - until my package > >> > breaks your system. > >> > > >> >> There are also gray cats. > >> > > >> > We've not made a rule about cats. > > > >> This is a way to say that a manichean attitude is a little bit > >> rigid. Manichean is when you say "'most' isn't support". Non manichean > >> is when 'most' is support with exceptions and corresponding documented > >> warnings. With all due respect I think that this is a finicky > >> discussion. Nobody talks here about ayatollish absolute support except > >> if we wish to stay in the pure Persian tradition. > > > > You in particular have been complaining about discretion in the CSW > > process. If you don't like a rule don't make it. I do hope those that > > drove the democratic decision actually understood the issues, else, in > > the best tradition of referenda, we'd better try again until we get the > > right answer. > This is non sense because: > - I was complaining about *past* opacity and obscurity Your liking for discretion appears to be grey. > - I like the rule and proud to participate in it's making No one is questioning the ruling. > - the tradition to which you refer was anti-democratic, e.g. European > Constitution and all, i.e. referendum says no and parliament says yes, > in France, Netherlands and Ireland at least. No, I mean the repeats, in general repeat votes happen often. > This discussion being hopeless I let you have as many "last words" as you > wish and ending my contribution to this thread. Peter's teddy has exited the cot. James. _______________________________________________ maintainers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.opencsw.org/mailman/listinfo/maintainers .:: This mailing list's archive is public. ::.
