On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 14:51:52 -0700, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 06:22:11PM +0000, W. Borgert wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 07:29:31PM +0200, Adrian von Bidder wrote: >> > really matters: can we (the Debian project) maintain the port? Thus I >> > propose we only limit on the number of developers: are there people who >> > are willing and competent to maintain kernel, boot loader, platform >> > specific installer bits, libc and toolchain? > >> That sounds sensible. > >It ignores the fact that every port is a drain on centralized project >resources, whether it has users or not.
Even a userless port is a service to the community. I have, for example, a package whose upstream is a keen reader of our buildd logs to improve on his package's portability. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834