Dear all, In my opinion, what gave a bad impression of Debian is rooted in the way the ports are managed: crucial operations are scattered between multiple teams - or worse, individuals. Obviously ports generate frustrations.
* Ports with dedicated users face inertias as an obstacle: see the many discussions about m68k, amd64 or ppc. * Zombie ports with not enough caring people are a burden to Debian contributors: for instance, to solve a problem caused by s390 I had to try to interact with busy people who do not have a special interest in the port itself (administrators of the master FTP, and administrators of the buildds), which warrants that the problem will be solved slowly. Depending on behavioural incompatibilities, such frustrations eventually crystallise in personnal conflicts. I think that having a system in which the ports are organised around a pluricompetent team with more responsabilities would reduce the conflicts by making people more able to work independantly. In conclusion, we have to adapt the work to the men, not the men to the work... -- Charles Plessy http://charles.plessy.org Wako, Saitama, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]