Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: jer@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Adding slot and subslot deps to others' packages
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 15:52:39
Message-Id: 20140302165222.75c26b7b@pomiot.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Adding slot and subslot deps to others' packages by Jeroen Roovers
1 Dnia 2014-03-02, o godz. 16:45:03
2 Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o> napisał(a):
3
4 > On Sun, 2 Mar 2014 09:37:22 +0100
5 > Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
6 >
7 > > Few months ago I have written a small FAQ on how to use slots
8 > > and subslots for library dependencies properly [1]. However, today
9 > > I see that most of the developers didn't care to properly update their
10 > > packages and when I introduced binary compatibility slot in libgcrypt,
11 > > I had my hands full of work fixing the mess for a single package.
12 >
13 > How about you file a tracker bug report for each library package, and
14 > then file bug reports per package using that dependency blocking the
15 > tracker bug?
16
17 Excuse me but are you serious? I'm supposed to report a faftillion
18 of bugs? Filing them will take more time than fixing the packages, not
19 to mention all the time wasted on handling responses and all other
20 noise. But it seems that Gentoo developers lately prefer noise over
21 real work.
22
23 --
24 Best regards,
25 Michał Górny

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