Bug#539988: update-modules: should not punish end-user

2009-08-05 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Aug 06, Jonas Häggqvist wrote: > I see from bug #540029 that you've acknowledged this bug, but have > apparently taken the unfortunate route of ignoring it. I did not, I just have no hurry to act on it. In the next release I will remove update-modules and let packages still using it break. >

Bug#539988: update-modules: should not punish end-user

2009-08-05 Thread Jonas Häggqvist
I see from bug #540029 that you've acknowledged this bug, but have apparently taken the unfortunate route of ignoring it. To re-iterate, I solidly agree with you, that maintainers using deprecated /broken/non-working utilities need to be told off. We are on the same page here. However, your appro

Bug#539988: update-modules: should not punish end-user

2009-08-04 Thread Jonas Häggqvist
Package: module-init-tools Version: 3.9-2 Severity: normal In 3.9-2 a 60 second sleep was added to update-modules. This is rather senselessly punishing the end-user, rather than the developer who is actually at fault. Please badger the package maintainers, rather than the end-users who did nothi