Bug#195481: closed by Holger Levsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (upstream issue, not packaging related)

2008-09-25 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Tuesday 23 September 2008 23:10, Neil Williams wrote: > > Guess we have different ideas about what "wishlist" bugs are for. > > My attitude is they're for wishes, like the sea is for fishes. > Wishes should still have some possibility of attainment, otherwise it > is wishful-thinking not wi

Bug#195481: closed by Holger Levsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (upstream issue, not packaging related)

2008-09-23 Thread Neil Williams
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:35:23 +0100 "Barak A. Pearlmutter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (And if there is no progress again within the next two years or so, > > I'll likely close this again.) > > Guess we have different ideas about what "wishlist" bugs are for. > My attitude is they're for wishes

Bug#195481: closed by Holger Levsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (upstream issue, not packaging related)

2008-09-23 Thread Barak A. Pearlmutter
> (And if there is no progress again within the next two years or so, > I'll likely close this again.) Guess we have different ideas about what "wishlist" bugs are for. My attitude is they're for wishes, like the sea is for fishes. Sometimes someone picks one up, perhaps even a big wily old fat on

Bug#195481: closed by Holger Levsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (upstream issue, not packaging related)

2008-09-23 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Barak, On Sunday 21 September 2008 19:13, Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote: > > As said, feel free to reopen. > Will do. And you did :-) > Willing? Yes. Able? No, not realistically: too many other plates > spinning in the air. But I'm happy to bounce things around with > people. If there are p

Bug#195481: closed by Holger Levsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (upstream issue, not packaging related)

2008-09-21 Thread Barak A. Pearlmutter
> As said, feel free to reopen. Will do. Debian has made analogous contributions in similar domains: see package libpaper, or tempfile(1) in debianutils, or emacsen-common. So it not just our mandate; we even have a history. > And, as usual.., are you willing to work on this goal? Willing? Yes

Bug#195481: closed by Holger Levsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (upstream issue, not packaging related)

2008-09-20 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Barak, On Saturday 20 September 2008 21:09, Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote: > What makes Debian a "distribution" rather than just a random > collection of miscellaneous software is integration. This is an > integration wishlist. It has to happen at the distribution level if > it is to happen anyw

Bug#195481: closed by Holger Levsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (upstream issue, not packaging related)

2008-09-20 Thread Barak A. Pearlmutter
What makes Debian a "distribution" rather than just a random collection of miscellaneous software is integration. This is an integration wishlist. It has to happen at the distribution level if it is to happen anywhere. I don't understand why you want to close this issue---the logic seems to be j