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Rich Freeman posted on Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:25:53 -0400 as excerpted: |
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> On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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>> [snip] |
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> Honestly, while I might agree with that sentiment on some of these |
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> threads, my only complaint with Ciaran's original response was that he |
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> could have been a bit more direct with his concern. Rather than stating |
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> that EXTRA_* does not exist as far as ebuilds go, he could have just |
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> stated that PMS does not allow these variables to be used by an ebuild. |
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From here, that looks like a distinction without a difference... |
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> Sure, he didn't get into the why, but I'm not sure I'd expect that. I'd |
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> probably state it, but I'm probably the second-most-verbose person on |
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> this list. :) |
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=:^) |
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(Current off-list context: There's a discussion currently going on, |
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mdraid and lvm2, on scarabeus' "blag", with r0 and I both being rather |
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heavy participants. =:^) |
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> If somebody filed a bug against my package and pointed out that |
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> something was illegal per PMS, probably the first thing I'd do is read |
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> it to fully understand the situation, and then if I had a concern I'd |
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> probably ask via irc/private email/etc. That is as much to avoid making |
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> a fool out of myself in public, but also because when somebody who is |
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> obviously knowledgeable points out something they consider a flaw, it |
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> isn't a bad idea to give their concern full consideration. |
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Wise words, this and the rest. Thanks. |
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FWIW, I believe I've said what I had to say and don't expect to be |
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commenting much further on this, tho of course I reserve the right to |
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change my mind if something drastically provoking comes up. (For I know |
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if I wasn't explicit with that, something /would/ come up. It just works |
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that way...) |
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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 |
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