As an ion3 user and a debian user I'm upset by the situation here. Tuomo, you've written an excellent window manager -- a wm I've stuck with longer than any other window manager I've used before. Thank you _very much_ for that.
My impression, based on this bug and on comments you've made on the list is that you're a bit (or more than a bit) burnt out, and are trying to cut down on the time you spend on ion. That's entirely understandable, and I appreciate it that you're planning to spend some time cleaning up the code & doing bugfixes before moving on. But with that said, I think you came on too strong and got everyone worked up needlessly with this bug. It seems to me that if we cut out the dramatic language your request is very reasonable and straightforward: you want to cut down on the number of emails you get asking for support, especially for old releases. Am I restating your position accurately? You've claimed on the list that debian (i.e., the maintainer for the ion3 package) ought to be doing that sort of support (or at least doing triage), which is entirely in line with the debian philosophy. The problem is that users will sometimes mail you directly instead of filing a bug with debian. Assuming the answer is yes (or roughly yes), there are probably solutions short of not permitting ion3 in stable. For example, how about a big flashy banner (e.g., xmessage) on startup saying that the release of ion3 running is old and completely unsupported by tuomov? I'm sure that there are other, and probably better, approaches. But that seems like the sort of thing that would address your core concern. -- Jeremy Hankins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP fingerprint: 748F 4D16 538E 75D6 8333 9E10 D212 B5ED 37D0 0A03 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
