On Sun 29 Apr 2018 at 18:53:08 +0200, Martin Hanson wrote: > I have posted this bug report > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=896806 that has been > rejected by the maintainer. > > Maybe I have misunderstood the issue completely, but I do have some > experience with legal issues and AFAIK, there IS a problem here. > > I am posting this to the mailing list in order to get "more eyes on > the issue".
Our Leader wrote this mail today. A different context, of course, but food for thought. [1] > Not speaking to this case specifically, but in general I would try > to convince maintainers with some combination of irrefutable > argument and well-tested patches (combined with a friendly demeanour > and a rhethorical flourish) rather than try and summon the "mob" from > debian-devel if I didn't immediately get my way. ;) Substitute debian-user for debian-devel. [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2018/04/msg00699.html -- Brian.
