Hello Alberto. On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 09:17:23PM +0200, alberto fuentes wrote:
> Please, dont turn this into something about morale or licenses. I don't see the "turn". As I see it, it's a morale and licenses problem from the beginning: The program itself is free, but the author asks that we do not modify a certain part of it. That would be a "moral dilemma". Usually, moral dilemmas like that are resolved by ftpmasters removing the package from Debian. > This is one of those rare cases that can be fixed technically. > > So far, upstream just wishes not be bothered about what debian does with > his software and rightfully so Actually, his wishes are expressed in the ten first lines of senescent_p(). The remaining text is just the "rationale". > He just chose a rather aggressive way to communicate the problem that > debian was causing him using a nagging text Well, we have the BTS. If the problem is really that he receives bugs that (rightfully) he would prefer not to handle, we are already part of the solution, not part of the problem. More to the point, he even subscribed to his package in the BTS! For an author who says he does not want to receive bug reports about old release, that's remarkable. So: Is Debian particularly causing him a problem by distributing version 5.30 in Debian stable? I don't think so (but I could be wrong). > Lets just find a way where our users stop pestering him and call it a day... > > This happens all the time in all the projects Well, let FSM hear you. By reading the code and his comments, I don't think there will be a "solution" which satisfies him and our users at the same time. Thanks.
