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From: Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] News Item: OpenAFS no longer needs kernel option DEBUG_RODATA
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 22:02:31
Message-Id: 20160724010216.ef687f1f737c19274f92c058@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] News Item: OpenAFS no longer needs kernel option DEBUG_RODATA by "Michał Górny"
1 On Fri, 22 Jul 2016 15:49:55 +0200 Michał Górny wrote:
2 > On Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:41:56 +0300
3 > Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o> wrote:
4 >
5 > > On Fri, 22 Jul 2016 13:14:23 +0200 Michał Górny wrote:
6 > > > Dnia 22 lipca 2016 13:00:42 CEST, Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o> napisał(a):
7 > > > >On Thu, 21 Jul 2016 07:12:12 +0200 Michał Górny wrote:
8 > > [...]
9 > > > >> Few important QA notes:
10 > > > >>
11 > > > >> 1. < is lexicographical comparison, so e.g. 1.6.2.2 < 1.6.18.2 gives
12 > > > >> false,
13 > > > >
14 > > > >Thanks, fixed.
15 > > > >
16 > > > >> 2. REPLACING_VERSIONS can have more than one value,
17 > > > >
18 > > > >While it can indeed, I see no way for this to happen if package
19 > > > >hasn't and never had multiple slots.
20 > > >
21 > > > Wrong. PMS specifically requests you to account for such a possibility.
22 > >
23 > > Common sence must prevail over formal approaches. While PMS is
24 > > great, it is not perfect in all possible aspects, and this one is
25 > > one of them.
26 > >
27 > > I see no point in trashing ebuilds with dead code that will never
28 > > be used. Though if there will be a PMS or eclass function with
29 > > "proper" implementation, I don't mind, since extra code will be
30 > > moved from ebuild elsewhere.
31 >
32 > So are you officially refusing to follow the PMS based on your idea of
33 > 'common sense' and ignoring the specific reasons it was written like
34 > that? I should put my QA hat on, and request official action upon your
35 > refusal.
36
37 No, but I do ignore threats, at least for the time being.
38
39 Best regards,
40 Andrew Savchenko