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Jeroen Roovers posted on Mon, 25 Apr 2011 03:57:30 +0200 as excerpted: |
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> In my opinion, what we should do instead is acknowledge the policy |
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> that's been in place all along, that is to require build logs with |
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> "universally" appreciated error messages, and reinforce that policy |
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> using technical means, instead of having asking users nicely every time |
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> for something they may not even be aware of. |
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I've no problem with that, as long as is traditional with Gentoo, we give |
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users a clear override, should they have reason to believe the want/need |
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it. |
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I'd also have no problem with closing bugs as NEEDINFO if they file with |
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non-English errors and the like, regardless of whether any additional |
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technical measures to ensure English errors by default are taken. Even in |
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the event of real-locale-bug exceptions such as locale dependent alphanum |
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ordering bugs, I'd say an entirely proper gentoo resolution is UPSTREAM. |
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So you see I much more agree with you than disagree. I'm simply saying, |
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let there be an override if the user insists, just as Gentoo normally lets |
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the user override pretty much anything, if they insist. As long as that |
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override is there to be used if necessary, go for it! |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |