-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Dmitry,
On 18.09.2011 16:25, onlyjob wrote: > When you mention technical problems, I wish you could be more specific. You made some semantic errors Lintian can't detect in its purpose as static analysis tool. As I said, I didn't extensively check your package. Among the most obvious things are: * For example the VCS fields do not denote upstreams VCS, but the packaging VCS in Debian. * You provide no mechanism to setup a flashcache volume on boot. * You are not supposed to copy the DKMS script into your package, but to invoke them at runtime. * You close an ITP bug you don't own ... mine. * Code of Flashcache is GPL-2 _only_ but you release your Debian packaging as GPL-3+. That will cause trouble as soon as you need to merge patches (at least). > I don't quite see the point in merging something working into > something what doesn't work, and not the other way. Fair enough. Please note this is not how we work in Debian, though. I am the owner of the ITP bug and I made visible progress since I filed the ITP. You will very likely have a hard time in finding a sponsor while trying to hijack someone else's packages. This does not give you very much alternatives to my offer, besides of stepping down as maintainer (in Debian) completely. Your approach wasn't exactly polite and yet I offered you to form a team together with me. > (With all due respect there are more than some minor things you didn't > address i.e. your package is not usable yet even though you did a lot > of work.) I didn't say my package would be ready to use. That's the reason why I didn't try to introduce it to Debian yet. However I believe, the package is (sort of) usable as is. If you find some problems, I am eager for letting me know. > For practical reasons giving up working package may be not the best > option for people who might need it. Merging is not exactly the same as giving up. Also, Debian is not only about working packages, but also about quality packages, and that takes time. Something which "just works" somehow is trivial to achieve. Note, by that I didn't want to imply at all that your package would not be a quality package. I am just not confident enough about mine yet, as I know it lacks certain features including but not limited to tested init.d support and manpages. - -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJOdx1YAAoJEMcrUe6dgPNtZdgQAJf09vPCOOkZTRuJYcsQc1D9 rXC2PcW3XviT44hvLJdUvPilq6xPI4d4964hNdmagd1fchtjZ9xJl/bfIjLJGOfA fIdPr7SSX6LHHnS7On04DEX9AL0brc04AOYqcNyjAFV01pRM5z3p1xgDDP7GeBF5 Cvtksvasyq303GwpR2Y4O6lXeoM7AcMYIIeAM5xp7G2AIDLKaqeFTQKI/0I4s3k9 rRR7XBGyCIpjO7CL/kzPRVQnfm+YwPjTIBQ9BJXb8X7j7rGlt4EJ+YzBuEkIpkO6 4qwftFO/zRaYIJ2HOPDQU95bIrecj8hsNJrbzCIgd10K7ePr0wQP41UWR6+PjW/L J3aDsizeud2KW7hDO3HSC1HQwCmpE2NF6NynXlzYtq5Q9UI+n24+E3AW8lbFS4DZ oinJjKwyLjJJQB9UIiNV6tq/Ss5KXbtMqd410S6a5vwZhk+adEG1wUOtzpFax1FV aM9dmFWZDALMKEhd8JQtnyS0OCUVKMwEB8yl41T5VqYtRQPO8BekcNCgK11n1BJG EPQlnffU/GH2p/WgRtAWq+dmmAWxLPPh/QOcRPHGkJLuCULSp0Q6D+8D0a+6zrRD B4FbRye44F0j4rBXkNHJ5438Rx0QZeYIgO6wmR69Yr9NIFszgCk88xwDQdO6CQvw uqGRpFYY/AmjVYPwogbi =0NEQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
