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On czw, 2017-03-23 at 19:52 +0100, Alexis Ballier wrote: |
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> On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 17:53:25 +0100 |
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> Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> |
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> > On czw, 2017-03-23 at 10:51 +0100, Alexis Ballier wrote: |
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> > > On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 10:41:39 +0100 |
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> > > "Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@g.o> wrote: |
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> > > |
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> > > > Am Dienstag, 21. März 2017, 11:24:39 CET schrieb Andreas K. |
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> > > > Huettel: |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > > So what's so special about your packages that you *need* a hack |
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> > > > > as ugly as eblits? |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > |
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> > > > No response. Seems like there are no real arguments for eblits. |
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> > > > |
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> > > |
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> > > I guess the argument is not for or against eblit but rather about |
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> > > "when you want to change something you don't maintain, you have to |
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> > > justify it properly" |
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> > |
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> > Do you think really think it's fine for maintainer to: |
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> > |
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> > 1. go against best practices, principle of least surprise and |
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> > basically make it harder for anyone else to touch the ebuild (-> aim |
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> > for bus factor of 1 and/or making himself indispensable)? |
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> This is very (too) subjective. |
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> > 2. enforce package managers to exhibit non-PMS behavior by making core |
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> > system packages rely on it? Not to mention minor incompatibilities |
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> > causing silent breakage. |
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> What, exactly, is non-PMS ? The access rule has been added after last |
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> EAPI was approved it seems. |
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It would be really appreciated if you at least conducted proper research |
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before starting to troll. As Ulrich already explained in this thread |
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(which I presume you have read), the rule was *laxed*. According to |
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the previous rule, eblits could not work at all since FILESDIR was |
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*never* allowed in global scope. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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