-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi marcin! :D
Hey hey, back down a bit. :) I don't think anyone here is telling (or even hinting) that your work is worth nothing. I myself remember distinctly saying that ``patches to rnc and emacsen-startup could be sent directly to nxml-mode''---that by itself means that your work is important enough to warrant attention by the proper authorities (in this case, the nxml-mode maintainer.) Sistpoty's remark, that ``it's not an option to add an already existing package to universe again, this will produce unnecessary work for us'' doesn't mean that your work to create emacs-nxml-mode is worth nothing. What it meant was plain and simple: if we accept a new package that is basically a duplicate of an exisiting package, and add this package to the archive without removing the old package, then that situation will cause us MOTUs problems later on. For example, when Dapper releases and we now restart the Great Merge for Dapper+1, we'll be forced to drop the newer (from Ubuntu) package if its not as up to date as the original (from Debian) package. Also, if there were bugfixes applied to the Debian package during the upgrade, those bugfixes must be present also in the Ubuntu package; there's simply no excuse for maintaining a broken package. I (and everyone else) welcome your efforts to make Ubuntu better. Indeed, many packages need a lot of love, and with people like you helping in, I think Ubuntu _will_ be moving towards its self-improvement much faster than many other distros. However, please note that we also need to minimize as much divergence as possible from Debian (being the base distro for many packages, including nxml-mode) because much of Ubuntu's existing infrastructure (its packages, build systems, etc.) is built upon Debian. Furthermore, we have a commitment to bring back our changes to Debian whenever possible, for the benefit of all. I hope you understand this. We're not out to say that you should just stop emacs-nxml-mode and instead fix nxml-mode. If you feel that a package rename is needed, then please complain to the proper authorities! I (and I feel many other MOTUs and Core Devs as well) may be open to make significant changes, but I also must consider the ramifications of making such changes towards others. Cheers, Zakame -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEBGNmV4ex/fpThR0RAlZWAJsElixnP1HuASaXS24oB5xNhwf+uQCgu+bx 7x99CMcF89X0vXJgZis2qyw= =pali -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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