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People have been complaining for quality since +</I>>><i> a lot of time, and that's the only way to have it. +</I>>><i> If not, this end like Mandriva, people see and fill bugs, they are not +</I>>><i> fixed, and no one care. This greatly undermine the confidence in the +</I>>><i> distribution in the long run, and so while having maintainer is not a +</I>>><i> magic solution, this is a important step in the right direction. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> A free-for-all pool is just a mess. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> You're explaining why having orphan packages is bad and it's hard to disagree, +</I>><i> but I fail to see why such a mailing list for people who are ready to devote +</I>><i> some time to orphan packages would make things worse. It's not because it's +</I>><i> not the ideal solution that it's bad, is it? +</I> +I understand Misc's point, but when there cannot be a perfect solution +that works, then a least bad one will do. + +While it's been said lots of times by Misc that it's a bad situation, +until someone comes up with a better practical approach I don't think a +mailing list will may anything worse and may help when people are idling +and looking for tasks. So I'm in favour of such a mailing list. + +Col + + +-- + +Colin Guthrie +colin(at)mageia.org +<A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> + +Day Job: + Tribalogic Limited <A HREF="http://www.tribalogic.net/">http://www.tribalogic.net/</A> +Open Source: + Mageia Contributor <A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/">http://www.mageia.org/</A> + PulseAudio Hacker <A HREF="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">http://www.pulseaudio.org/</A> + Trac Hacker <A HREF="http://trac.edgewall.org/">http://trac.edgewall.org/</A> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="010337.html">[Mageia-dev] Package adoption campaign, 3 months later +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="010446.html">[Mageia-dev] Package adoption campaign, 3 months later +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#10380">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#10380">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#10380">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#10380">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |