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On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 02:46:21PM -0600, Ryan Hill wrote: |
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> On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:00:38 +0300 |
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> Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> wrote: |
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> > > you don't need to subscribe, there's usually an AUTHORS file with emails you |
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> > > can use... |
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> > As I said, I thought that maintainers was responsible to do it since they |
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> > follow all the bug progress after all. So according to you I should do all the |
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> > work. Tempting |
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> When you take on the task of fixing a bug in a package you don't maintain, |
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> you are responsible for the whole task, not just the part you want to do. |
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> You essentially become the maintainer for that change. So just do what you |
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> would do if it really was your package. |
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> And really I don't care if you upstream the patch or not, but when the |
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> maintainer politely asks you to do so the correct response is "okay", not "do |
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> it yourself". |
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> -- |
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> fonts, gcc-porting, and it's all by design |
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> toolchain, wxwidgets to keep us from losing our minds |
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> @ gentoo.org EFFD 380E 047A 4B51 D2BD C64F 8AA8 8346 F9A4 0662 |
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You misunderstood me. I never said "do it yourself". I said that I didn't know |
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that I have to do it myself and that I will do it from now on |
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Markos Chandras (hwoarang) |
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Gentoo Linux Developer |
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Web: http://hwoarang.silverarrow.org |
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