Re: [PATCH] New package: IPTraffic 0.8.2

[Frank Mainz <frank@cybermainzel.de>]

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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 <frank(a)cybermainzel.de>
> > 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 <frank(a)cybermainzel.de>
> > > > 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