On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 6:18 PM, Thorsten Glaser <t...@mirbsd.de> wrote: > Kenneth Pronovici dixit: >>I'm not trying to be snarky here, but I'm a little lost. This package >>is orphaned. If you're no longer the package maintainer, why should >>it even matter to you whether upstream issues are tracked as Debian >>bugs? > > Because > > ① I’m upstream, > > ② I’m maintaining this package in Debian, and, most importantly, > > ③ feature requests aren’t bugs, period. > >>Besides that, this is arguably a functional regression vs. older >>versions of pdksh in Debian, which mksh now provides. I think it's >>useful to have the change in behavior noted, even if it is only a >>wishlist. > > That’s arguably a good point. > > One of mksh’s biggest strengths is that it behaves consistently > across all platforms, though. DO NOT break that.
Ok, this is clearly becoming way more of a big deal than I expected it to be. If you're maintaining the package in Debian (even though it's orphaned, which makes no sense to me) then feel free to just close #783978, the wishlist request. I'd prefer to have that bug stay open, but now we've moved into the realm of differing philosophies regarding bug reports, and you and I clearly disagree on this subject. Do whatever works best for you. As far as the mksh behavior is concerned, I never suggested (even in the original stackexchange discussion), that I wanted to make mksh behave differently in Debian than on other platforms. I was simply offering to help get the changes into Debian, based on the fact that the package appeared to be without a maintainer. If the package is being maintained, then you don't need my help with that. End of story. I hereby withdraw my interest in #764401, the ITA bug report. If you can make the requested improvement upstream, that's great, and I would really welcome the change. If not, I'll just find some other shell to use. Thanks, KEN -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-qa-packages-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAL5KwF9yymN2X+NSV=g6aB3f2_B56kV3+Ocg=5nyt0pygoz...@mail.gmail.com