On 10615 March 1977, Ian Jackson wrote: >> Hrm. I *can* try that. I dont know if it helps, as its similar hard to >> discuss this via a phone. > It would be best if it were someone he wasn't already upset with !
I hope he isnt that upset with me. And also - shouldnt it be one of those who he sees as the Debian maintainers for his software that tries to fix differences he has with Debian / Debian has with him? >> Hrm. How about: I prepare a mail to write to him (in German, makes it >> easier) to discuss it again, starting completly new, explaining our >> problem. And also ask if he is ok with a phone call, maybe also from >> others. But - tomorrow, not tonight, so with a bit of sleep and a gap to >> now. > The Makefiles problem isn't a real problem. We can write a build > system easily enough and we can even arrange to cross-port his > patches. The big problem is the constant hassle about changes to the > code. The big problem is the different interpretation of GPL, the rights we have - or not, etc. Yes. Well. If you prefer - do the contact yourself, then I wait what happens. Its not that that is number one on my list of things i would like to do. :) -- bye Joerg <liw> we have release cycles, that's why it takes so long to get a release out; if we had release race cars, things would go a lot faster
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