On 06/02/2012 11:05 PM, Orcan Ogetbil wrote:
I am more concerned about the package maintenance level. At the
package maintenance level, it does not make sense to patch against the
upstream decision. On the other hand, a package maintainer should have
the right to not support users filing bugs that potentially originate
from secure boot. This, I think, is equivalent to the fact that a
provenpackager is not responsible for all the packages in the
distribution, although he has the necessary permissions for
modification.
Thats a poor analogy. Provenpackagers are not responsible for your
packages. You are responsible as a package maintainer for bugs against
the package. If you don't want to deal with it, give up the package or
find a co-maintainer who will deal with such issues. When you work
within a community, it is a project wide decision. Not just personal
preference on which bugs you can reasonably ignore.
Rahul