-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 20-10-2008 19:09, Adeodato Simó wrote: > * Manoj Srivastava [Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:14:15 -0500]: [...] >> So, could you explain your view of the issue here, without >> bringing in feeling of betrayal, which I do not comprehend? > > I agreed to abide by the social contract, but I happen to think that > these lenny-ignore tags at hand are acceptable in order to get a release > out, /and/ I also believe that a majority of the developers happens to > think the same (otherwise I wouldn't condone their use; I repeat: if I > thought most DDs would think they are not reasonable, I would not > approve of them even if they'd be reasonable to me). > > I may as well be mistaken in this belief, so I'm open to being proved > wrong. To be proven, specifically, that the developers at large don't > want these lenny-ignore tags applied. (That should answer your question > above.)
This sounds like "appeal to popularity", just because a supposed majority do not care about something being applied that doesn't instantly make it reasonable. I do accept that lenny-ignore tags are an important tool for the Release Team to make another successful release, but I also think we will need to handle the non-free linux blobs in some way. People may had been harsh in expressing their feelings about the situation, now that the problem got a lot more attention, my honest question is: what are the alternatives we have from the Kernel and Release Team point of views? I mean, do we have other alternatives besides doing something similar we did for etch? Kind regards, - -- Felipe Augusto van de Wiel (faw) "Debian. Freedom to code. Code to freedom!" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkj8/eYACgkQCjAO0JDlykaAKACff3Lkfb9CsMHWDdGNeQCo5T9X bK8AoNJZp81/YQW5oiUZJ5M407PpVQb1 =fX56 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]