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From: Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: patrick@g.o, Pavel Sanda <sanda@×××.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-office/lyx: lyx-2.0.5.ebuild ChangeLog
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:44:06
Message-Id: 20121125174257.23ed0a9e@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-office/lyx: lyx-2.0.5.ebuild ChangeLog by Patrick Lauer
1 On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 14:55:06 +0800
2 Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > On 11/23/12 21:17, Alexis Ballier wrote:
5 > > On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:45:56 +0800
6 > > Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o> wrote:
7 > >
8 > >> On 11/20/12 21:57, Alexis Ballier wrote:
9 > >>> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:10:51 +0000 (UTC)
10 > >>> "Patrick Lauer (patrick)" <patrick@g.o> wrote:
11 > >>>
12 > >>>> patrick 12/11/16 09:10:51
13 > >>>>
14 > >>>> Modified: ChangeLog
15 > >>>> Added: lyx-2.0.5.ebuild
16 > >>>> Log:
17 > >>>> Bump
18 > >>>>
19 > >>>
20 > >>>
21 > >>>
22 > >>> While the bump was fine, please read the damn metadata.xml when
23 > >>> you touch a package you're not used to. Pavel has been doing a
24 > >>> very good job in (proxy) maintaining lyx since years and you do
25 > >>> not seem to have contacted him before doing the bump, which is a
26 > >>> bit disrespectful for him IMHO.
27 > >>
28 > >> I disagree. A fix is a fix, a bump is a bump, no ego involved.
29 > >
30 > > And respect is respect. It's not because you woke up someday in a
31 > > special mood that a 4+ years perfectly working workflow will
32 > > change...
33 > >
34 > >>
35 > >>> If you want to help in having things done quicker because I'm not
36 > >>> always responsive enough, then please do it correctly and ask
37 > >>> Pavel to CC you when he sends me instructions for lyx.
38 > >> I dislike this territorialism. Why add a single point of failure to
39 > >> package maintenance? (What if you or Pavel "disappear" for any
40 > >> reason?)
41 > >
42 > > Ask those who invented maintainers. Take your point to the council.
43 > > So far these are the rules, follow them or leave it.
44 > >
45 > > As for the single point of failure, Pavel being part of upstream
46 > > sends me the ebuilds _before_ the actual release. That is not what
47 > > I call a failure. The proposal to also be a proxy still stands, but
48 > > if you continue with this provocative behavior I'm not sure I want
49 > > to work with you...
50 > >
51 > > A.
52 > >
53 >
54 > "provocative"
55 >
56 > Aaaargh.
57 >
58 > With that kind of agression from *your* side I might just ignore your
59 > input because you're really annoying me.
60
61 Please stop being childish, thanks.
62
63 > As for packages, all my packages are "Do what you want", with an
64 > optional "feel free to notify me if you change something"...
65
66 Good for you. Please keep in mind that you're not alone in the world
67 and that others may have a different workflow.
68
69 A.