Re: ion-3rc-09f911029d74e35bd84156c5635688c0.tar.gz

On 2007-05-07, Ben Hutchings <ben-/[email protected]> wrote:
> So next time there's a bug in a release like the one with size requests,
> we'll just have to wait for your next release rather than retrieving the
> fix from your repository?  Or make a local fix?

If the FOSS herd and distributions change their manners and
policies, and start respecting authors a bit, and communicating
with them instead of just doing what they please, the repository
might come back. But if all they want is for the author to be
a workhorse for their own forks or ancient versions (renamed or 
not) -- which is what most people will install due to the power 
distributions have with their easily installable packages -- 
well, they'd better really be prepared to really work on those 
forks.


> This deliberate inaccessibility seems like a good way to deter (l)users
> from following and getting involved in Ion development.  This doesn't
> seem to fit in with your apparent wish for "a progression of users  of
> different levels between them and the developers".

Ah, but most of the lusers will be using the distributions' forks.


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Tuomo