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On Fri, 16 Jun 2017 14:25:02 +0100 |
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"M. J. Everitt" <m.j.everitt@×××.org> wrote: |
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> .. That was quick ... |
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> I swore there was something in the devmanual about a nice long period of |
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> bikeshedding before changes to eclasses were approved .. |
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The eclass writing and changes guide is described in devmanual and available |
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at https://devmanual.gentoo.org/eclass-writing/ |
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Namely "Adding and Updating Eclasses" section includes rationale why one |
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should consider that. TL;DR: The goal is to serve both as an announcement |
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and as a chance to spot errors before affecting everyone. |
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Valuable feedback (ideally actionable or supportive) feedback is important |
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to community and individuals as it allows us all to make a step in the right |
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direction. |
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I view existence of bikeshedding centithreads (with zero valuable feedback) |
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as a negative side of Gentoo community as it's a time sink. |
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I suggest not to start and not to contribute to such threads. |
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Unfortunately even rare snarky comments don't work all that well in mailing lists. |
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Thanks for your patience and understanding :) |
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Sergei |
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