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From: Mart Raudsepp <leio@g.o>
To: Gentoo Development <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Masterplan for solving LINGUAS problems
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2016 13:46:44
Message-Id: 1464788788.11446.12.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Masterplan for solving LINGUAS problems by Dirkjan Ochtman
1 Ühel kenal päeval, K, 01.06.2016 kell 15:18, kirjutas Dirkjan Ochtman:
2 > On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 3:09 PM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o>
3 > wrote:
4 > > Excuse me but are you really serious? We are in this swamp because
5 > > someone tried to be too smart. And what solution do you propose?
6 > > Let's add another layer of complexity and smartness, for a single
7 > > variable. Obviously nothing can go wrong with this.
8 >
9 > Please stop the derogatory remarks and unnecessary cynicism. If you
10 > think some proposed solution is a bad idea, just explain why you
11 > think
12 > it's a bad idea. Not everyone has the same perspective as you on
13 > these
14 > things; nor are they likely to be converted to your stance by your
15 > scolding them.
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17
18 +1
19 Especially given the followup mail.
20 Really unprofessional.
21
22 So lets have users set multiple variables for the same thing, so it's
23 done properly because users need to care about env variable intricacies
24 in package management deep guts.
25 That said, maybe indeed better to force them to set it twice, as
26 discussed in my followup mail.
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29 Mart

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Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Masterplan for solving LINGUAS problems "Daniel Campbell (zlg)" <zlg@g.o>