Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Adding slot and subslot deps to others' packages
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 16:07:15
Message-Id: 20140302170705.5aa8407b@marga.jer-c2.orkz.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Adding slot and subslot deps to others' packages by "Michał Górny"
1 On Sun, 2 Mar 2014 16:52:22 +0100
2 Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
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4 > > How about you file a tracker bug report for each library package,
5 > > and then file bug reports per package using that dependency
6 > > blocking the tracker bug?
7 >
8 > Excuse me but are you serious?
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10 Sure.
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12 > I'm supposed to report a faftillion of bugs?
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14 If the transition is that large and involves so many
15 packages/maintainers, then sending a single "FAQ" to a general mailing
16 list was apparently not enough.
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18 > Filing them will take more time than fixing the packages,
19 > not to mention all the time wasted on handling responses and all other
20 > noise.
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22 Apparently 19 weeks, 4 days, 3 hours and 2 minutes (and counting)[1]
23 wasn't enough time?
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25 > But it seems that Gentoo developers lately prefer noise over real
26 > work.
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28 Wow. [slow clap]
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31 jer
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35 [1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/88541