Bug#525547: installs gconf-2.m4 with broken GCONF_SCHEMA_FILE_DIR

Robert Millan rmh.debian.bts at aybabtu.com
Sat Apr 25 13:20:54 UTC 2009


On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 02:53:47PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> > It doesn't seem reasonable that everyone else has to go our of their way to
> > work around a bug in your gconf-2.m4.
> 
> Currently, everybody seems to be happy with the dh_gconf solution.

Is that because everybody who didn't complain ...

> If
> you’re not, you’ll have to deal with it by hand.

... is assumed to be happy with unnecessary manual work?

  "everybody who didn't speak agrees with me"

> fix one package. By
> adding a single line to your rules file.

I already fixed my package before filing this bug, which I only did with
the naive idea that you would care about making life easier for other
developers.

Anyway, I already guessed why you don't want to fix this (see my other
mail).  The (guessed) explanation is somewhat satisfactory;  what I find
amusing is that you've been uncapable of telling me.

-- 
Robert Millan

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