"Robert J. Chassell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Neal H. Walfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote, > > You might have a good point if the maintainers supported using > savannah. This is simple not the case. > > But the stated reason that [EMAIL PROTECTED] will not send in bug > reports is that the maintainers insist on using this particular > mechanism. > > I am not arguing whether Roland or Szmidt are right, but am pointing > out that according to what has been said, as a project, not as an > individual, the Hurd effort requires that bug reports involve a > particular interface. > > Szmidt says that the cost of using that interface is too high for him. > Others have said that the cost to changing it is too high for them. > > It may be that Szmidt is socially foolish in not discovering that the > project does not do what he hears its people saying it does. Or it > may be that those who are seeking help are socially foolish in not > setting things up for a hacker who pays more attention to what is said > than to discovering social confusions. > > Regardless, in so far as you are right that Roland mostly ignores > messages from savannah, then the project as a whole has to convey to > people like Szmidt that he need not submit bug reports the way he > thinks he was asked. That is a necessity of a project seeking more > hackers.
It's not like Alfred is a maintainer or has any obligations. But of course it is unfortunate. > -- > Robert J. Chassell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8 > http://www.rattlesnake.com http://www.teak.cc > > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-hurd mailing list > Bug-hurd@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list Bug-hurd@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
