ubuntu-tweak in new

[LI Daobing]

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 09:09, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 03, 2010 09:05:25 pm LI Daobing wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 09:00, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com> wrote:
>> > On Tuesday, August 03, 2010 01:29:46 pm Jonathan Riddell wrote:
>> >> Ubuntu Tweak is waiting for approval in New queue.
>> >> http://ubuntu-tweak.com/
>> >> https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/252140
>> >>
>> >> Is this something MOTU wants included?
>> >
>> > No.
>> >
>> > It looks to me like something that, in addition to proper packaging,
>> > ought to have a thorough functional review before entering the archive.
>>
>> I am the packager of ubuntu-tweak, can you tell me what's the problem
>> with ubuntu-tweak?
>>
>
> I don't know that there is a problem, but given the invasive nature of it's
> functionality, I think it appropriate for it to be given more of a review than
> just being packaged properly.  In Ubuntu's history there have been multiple
> "Tweak" programs and so far they have always proved to be more harmful than
> helpful at the scale the Ubuntu archive operates.
>
> This one may be the one that gets it right, but having found that they rebrand
> PPAs that other people maintain as there's on their web site, I'm not at all
> inclined to assume this is all well intentioned.
>

you are right.

this package is active-maintained, and I'll forward your opinion to
the upstream author. I think he'll fix this bug.

ubuntu-tweak is very useful for me, and it's also has many users. so I
want to push it to Ubuntu and hope it can catch ubuntu 10.10.

thanks.

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Best Regards
LI Daobing