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On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 10/08/2011 02:19 PM, Matt Turner wrote: |
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>> 14 days? |
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> We can't really wait forever for slacking maintainers to fix their |
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> packages. amd64 is almost ready to have libpng-1.5 stable in the very |
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> near future |
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Didn't we just do this thread a few days ago? :) |
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Matt - will an extra 16 days make any difference? This bug has been |
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open since Feb. Will something happen in 30 days that won't happen in |
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14? |
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Next, time, though posting an "FYI - we're masking blockers on Oct |
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7th" or whatever would probably make some happier. |
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If the extra 16 days will actually accomplish something beyond just |
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delaying libpng then we can debate the finer points of policy. |
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However, if we're just arguing policy for its own sake then I don't |
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see the value. Perhaps a package maintainer might have the "right" to |
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a few weeks to fix things, but in the end you have to put the distro |
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and its users first. You can do that either by speaking up or |
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standing aside, but if you're going to speak up, then make sure you |
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can follow through. |
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Rich |
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