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From: "Petteri Räty" <betelgeuse@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Minor changes in python.eclass and distutils.eclass
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:32:56
Message-Id: 4C32CE47.3030907@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Minor changes in python.eclass and distutils.eclass by Jeroen Roovers
1 On 07/06/2010 02:18 AM, Jeroen Roovers wrote:
2 > On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:50:56 +0000
3 > "Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto" <jmbsvicetto@g.o> wrote:
4 >
5 >> I'm not going to delve into the details that have been addressed all
6 >> other this thread. Instead I'll just address one small issue.
7 >> The use of *minor* in the title of this thread and the sheer size of
8 >> the patch attached are not compatible. Please don't label changes
9 >> such as these as *minor* in future instances.
10 >
11 > Another major flaw on its own is the sheer size of the patch (it hadn't
12 > been explicitly mentioned to my knowledge). Aren't we supposed to
13 > commit early and often in open source projects instead of dumping all
14 > your changes on reviewers at once (first fork and later merge)? And if
15 > you're still going to do it, a the huge patch should only be necessary
16 > to establish a single sweeping change, not many small changes.
17 >
18
19 Indeed the patch should be splitted if you expect people to reasonably
20 review it.
21
22 Petteri

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