Hi, On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:14:25PM +0100, Mehdi Dogguy wrote: > On 0, Forest Bond <for...@alittletooquiet.net> wrote: > > mldonkey packaging is way to complicated and bloated. This is > > unnecessary and causes bugs. > > > > * Why so many debconf questions? > > You're right. Maybe we can simplify this a bit. We are currently > working on this problem. This is the only relevant criticism in this > bug report. Thus, I'm merging this bug with a similar one.
I'm not sure that it is the only "relevant" criticism just because it's the only one you agree with. > > * Why all of the Debian-specific utilities in debian/utils? This is > > just vanity. Please, ship the upstream software, not your own. > > > > I won't insult the maintainer's job that easily. Their goal is to > offer a better user experience. They do not modify the original > behavior of the project (mldonkey). Feel free to not use them. I was too harsh, you are right. I apologize. However, creating non-standard, distribution-specific ways to use the upstream software does not improve the user experience, in my mind. It makes the user harder for upstream to support, and so should not be done lightly. Thanks, Forest -- Forest Bond http://www.alittletooquiet.net http://www.pytagsfs.org
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