Jon Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It seems every other semi-controversial ITP gets an obligatory "why > package this when we have X,Y,Z instead?" reply, although seemingly > never from an ftp-master or mirror maintainer or anyone else who is > actually impacted by archive sizes :-(
Consider it an expression of increasing resistance designed to make people think twice. I think it's useful even when not enforced. If one is convinced that the package is needed, one can always go ahead anyway, but the resistance provides useful feedback and sometimes identifies packages that are really unnecessary for reasons that the prospective packager didn't realize. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
