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From: Peter Stuge <peter@×××××.se>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Make inotify a global USE flag?
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:33:59
Message-Id: 20130321133350.16465.qmail@stuge.se
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Make inotify a global USE flag? by Samuli Suominen
1 Samuli Suominen wrote:
2 >>> i'm referring to the mistakes done by maintainers by adding
3 >>> unnecessarily the flag
4 >>
5 >> That was not at all clear, but that's great! Then you could fix those
6 >> ebuilds.
7 >
8 > Yes, I could, or I could just let other maintainers know about it, like
9 > on the ML, wait... that's what I just did
10
11 ..using the mailing list as bugtracker?
12
13 I completely understand and agree that submitting a bug takes certain
14 effort, sometimes too much for simple things.
15
16 I'm just ridiculing the fact that rules are chilling bugfixes.
17
18 Maybe it inspires someone, even if it isn't following the rules for
19 how to express opinion on rules.
20
21
22 >> Except there's that rule to not fix bugs in others' ebuilds,
23 >> so even though you've found a bug you're not allowed to fix it.. :\
24 >
25 > You cut down the important bit from my last post about 'cutting the
26 > sarcasm'
27 > We really don't need this in the ML
28 > Can we stop it before it begins? I hope so
29
30 The emperor was naked all along. ;)
31
32
33 //Peter

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Make inotify a global USE flag? Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o>