[Pkg-running-devel] Bug#789875: subsurface: FTBFS in experimental

[Michael Gilbert]

On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 7:11 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> So quite frankly, the fact that Debian people now attack Dirk, who has
> been bending over backwards over these kinds of stupidities, is not a
> big surprise. I think it's in the Debian DNA to care more about rules
> than about technical sanity. The whole "this is the only right way to
> do licensing" thing extends to "this is the only correct waty to do
> packaging".
>
> It's sad to see.

Perhaps it isn't clear external to the project, but participation in
the Debian BTS does not automatically make one a Debian person, which
not a defined status.

The maintainer of the subsurface package, an official Debian status,
removed the package on request, so in many ways, problem happily
solved?

As with any internet discussion forum there are those whose
contributions are a net negative, and Debian always errs on the side
of free speech over ban hammer, so unfortunately this kind of
distraction persists.

You can probably expect additional unblinking walls of text chock full
of insult and little actual technical content incoming from
scientia.net.

My advice is to not feed.

Best wishes,
Mike