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On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 16:28 +0200, Maurice van der Pot wrote: |
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> On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 10:03:17AM -0400, Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> > Many users seem to think |
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> > that a WONTFIX is non-negotiable. I tend to agree with them, for the |
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> > most part. Rather than WONTFIX them, simply tell them that they won't |
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> > be included as-is. WONTFIX gives the user the impression that we are |
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> > not interested in their work or the package, when this is not the case. |
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> But if a developer tells them what is wrong and to reopen the bug when |
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> they've fixed it, it shouldn't be a problem. And that's what I've seen |
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> in this case. |
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I think you all misunderstand MY position on this. I provided ebuilds in |
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the hope it would save the maintainers time and effort. If the work I |
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did is 90% to spec, then there really is no reason for the maintainer |
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NOT to take it, tweak it, and maybe send a note or add a comment to the |
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bug as to what was fixed. It would ensure two things: 1) that the user |
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will (hopefully) not make the same mistake again, and 2) get the ebuild |
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upstream quicker. |
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Sending it back to the contributor only will waste more time. |
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The ROX situation is different though since it appears the two |
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maintainers have apparently gone AWOL. This, of course, I would not know |
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as a user/contributor. My frustration came out of inaction by the absent |
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maintainers. |
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However, the comments I got back along with the WONTFIX was AS IF I was |
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a maintainer and should have known better. That is incorrect. Had I |
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known there was no maintainer, then the delay on the ebuilds' inclusion |
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into portage would have been better understood. |
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But be cognizant of WHO is submitting ebuilds and provide guidance and |
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support according to that. A user cannot be expected to know all there |
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is to know about ebuilds. Some users just don't care. BUT they care |
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enough to try and keep packages up to date. There's the difference. |
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Peter |
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