On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 00:30 +0200, Danny van Dyk wrote:

> In my eyes it was a policy issue. Tree-wide policies have to pass the 
> council in one form or the other. So why shouldn't Council care here?

My argument is not that Council should not care.  My question is: what's
the big urgency to rush a half-baked policy through?

> I just wonder why several people feel attacked by this decission while 
> the affected parties have no problem with it.

I hope you don't mean me here, because I haven't felt attacked at all.
My concern isn't a personal one. Rather, it's a question that nobody
from the council has actually answered: what was the big hurry to make a
decision _NOW_ without even thinking through the migration path, or for
that matter without even knowing what is the actual correct way.  It's
fine to say that _rc_alpha_beta_p is wrong (and I happen to agree).
It's another to not say what is actually right.  Furthermore, if only 3
packages did the wrong thing where was the emergency?

> Anybody who attends the regular Council meetings and/or reads their 
> logs/summaries knew that this kind of decission is possible.

To paraphrase something I've said to people on this list: just because
you can does not necessarily mean that you _should_.  

I probably have more council related commentary, but I'll save that for
the appropriate mailing list :)

I'm not trying to make you defensive, I just really would like an answer
to my question, that is all.

Thanks,

Seemant