On Wed June 4 2008 00:59:15 Pierre Habouzit wrote: > a broken software, or an inadequate one is more a problem to > me than not having it in Debian. Debian is about quality, not > quantity.
(1) Pierre thus asserts IMPERFECT PACKAGE < MISSING PACKAGE. (2) To a user who wishes to use a working feature of an imperfect package, Debian is better with the imperfect package than without: MISSING PACKAGE < IMPERFECT PACKAGE < PERFECT PACKAGE. This is true even if the imperfect package has an avoidable publicized security bug. (3) The Debian Social Contract[1] strongly supports user empowerment, e.g. "We will place their interests first in our priorities." (4) Therefore, the laudable but minor goal of reducing clutter is not a DSC-compatible reason for ignoring users' interests. --Mike Bird [1] http://www.debian.org/social_contract -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]