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Author Re: The unofficial buildd effort and its shutdown - my POV
Marc Haber

2004-09-05, 2:47 am

On 04 Sep 2004 23:03:41 -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net>
wrote:
>Ingo Juergensmann <ij@2004.bluespice.org> writes:
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>So... I'm a little confused. What do you mean "there's no formal
>process for people like me"? The NM process certainly allows for
>things other than package maintenance. What about you is not covered
>by the existing process?


=46or example, it is generally expected to have at least one package in
the archive before even applying.

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>It sounds like you stopped the buildd's because you chose to, not
>because you were told to. You seemed to me to take a few people's
>discussion as determinative. I have no particular opinion about the
>substance of the matter, but your action seemed premature to me.


I find the action proper as an early warning where we might land if we
continue arguing in that direction. Considering that these buildds
were always unwanted (look at the "behavior" of the wannabuild admin)
by the people in power, I would probably have done exactly the same
thing.

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>Where in any of this were you told that being a DD or not made your
>opinions more or less valuable? I don't recall anything of the kind.


Well, go read again. It's there, in many cases not even between the
lines, but _in_ the lines. Explicitly said.

Greetings
Marc

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