Hello Frank, We have a policy to not take public conversations private: https://wiki.ipfire.org/devel/contact It is under "Never make a public conversation private” and it is there because sometimes mail user agents do this because of bad UI, and sometimes there are other reasons. -Michael > On 25 Jan 2021, at 20:58, Frank Mainz wrote: > > Michael, > I had not answered without reason only privately. > Throw away the AddOn. Forget it. > > unfortunately you can't unsubscribe with a simple "unsubscibe". > > What is a spam filter for. > > Am Montag, den 25.01.2021, 20:48 +0000 schrieb Michael Tremer: >> Hello Frank, >> >>> On 25 Jan 2021, at 20:22, Frank Mainz >>> wrote: >>> >>> Am Montag, den 25.01.2021, 20:05 +0000 schrieb Michael Tremer: >>>> Hi Frank, >>>> >>>> Thank you for your email, but it didn’t answer any of my >>>> questions. >>>> >>>> I wasn’t aware of the wiki pages, but I had a look at it. >>>> >>>> The questions from my previous email remain though. I do not >>>> think a >>>> single one was answered. >>> >>> That is not my problem. >> >> Okay, I am sorry, but I would have to vote to reject this patch then. >> >> It is very important that we review all code that is going into the >> distribution and that we have a reason that it is there. Code that is >> redundant, not needed and unmaintained is a potential security >> problem. I am sure this is very easy to understand. >> >> Also, you can read here what it takes to get your patches into the >> distribution: >> >> https://wiki.ipfire.org/devel/submit-patches >> >> This is not there for our own entertainment. It is a tested and tuned >> process which guarantees that IPFire is a product of very high >> quality. >> >>>>> On 25 Jan 2021, at 19:51, Frank Mainz >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello Michael, >>>>> >>>>> look in the WIKI and you know what is displayed. Otherwise, the >>>>> traffic >>>>> of individual IP addresses is logged with the help of entries >>>>> in >>>>> the >>>>> CUSTOM chains and graphically prepared. >>>> >>>> The CUSTOM* chains can’t be touched by any programs that come >>>> with >>>> the distributions. They exist for users to add any custom rules >>>> and >>>> they are under full control by the user only. >>> >>> Then it does fit. >> >> No, it doesn’t, because you are not the user of all those firewalls. >> >> Every chain has a defined purpose, and you are using it for something >> it isn’t designed for and it will break setups. >> >>>>> https://wiki.ipfire.org/addons/iptraffic-playground >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Greetings Frank >>>>> >>>>> PS: Fullquote removed >>>> >>>> Why? I don’t recommend doing this because it removes context from >>>> the >>>> conversation. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> -Michael >>> >>> Then be careful next time not to quote >100 lines of source code. >>> How >>> this is supposed to preserve context is beyond me. >> >> Because we write comments into the code. And we normally try to >> answer other people’s questions. >> >> Do not forget that many people are reading this list and they do not >> devote a lot of time to get themselves involved in everything. >> Therefore things have to be understood at a quick glance. >> >>> But do what you want. Exactly because of such reactions I didn't >>> want >>> to port the AddOn for IPFire. >> >> I have absolutely no idea why you are reacting like this. The process >> is clear and I am here to make IPFire as good as I can possibly do. >> >> I have simply asked what your code is and what it does. You seem to >> not want to answer those questions and why is unfortunately beyond >> me. >> >>> Have a nice life. I am out. >> >> Under those circumstances I must say that I find it very >> disappointing that you have wasted my time and Matthias’ time, too. I >> have re-read my email and I do not see why this might have caused any >> offence. >> >> I assume that nobody else wants to push this forward any more and >> maintain this code? >> >> -Michael >