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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] versionator.eclass: Add tests for parameter counts
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 08:23:03
Message-Id: 20160724092248.52c6344f@snowblower
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] versionator.eclass: Add tests for parameter counts by "Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn"
1 On Sun, 24 Jul 2016 10:17:24 +0200
2 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn <chithanh@g.o> wrote:
3 > > Then ebuilds will fail just the same
4 >
5 > No. Before, ebuilds would maybe display an upgrading message when
6 > they shouldn't, or vice versa. Now the eclass dies on them.
7
8 This attitude that invisible failures (which don't get fixed, and which
9 lead to occasional weirdness) are better than visible failures (which
10 must be fixed) is an odd one... Postel has a lot to answer for.
11
12 --
13 Ciaran McCreesh

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Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] versionator.eclass: Add tests for parameter counts "Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn" <chithanh@g.o>