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From: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] fortran-2.eclass: support EAPI 7
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2018 00:43:43
Message-Id: 4628d13d-7239-fb6f-c5b6-455d72449c7a@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] fortran-2.eclass: support EAPI 7 by Andrew Savchenko
1 On 11/01/2018 06:27 PM, Andrew Savchenko wrote:
2 >
3 > This eclass is small, so no harm here. But for larger eclasses
4 > (hello java-*.eclass) this will hinder updates considerably. I
5 > prefer to fix something rather than to fix nothing while
6 > frustrating in attempt to fix everything at once.
7 >
8 > Also this make git history review harder as fixes for independent
9 > issues will be mixed together.
10 >
11 > So I kindly ask you for future updates (from everyone, not just
12 > me) focus on review of the proposed changes instead of reviewing
13 > full code. Thank you for understanding.
14 >
15
16 You don't have to fix everything at once. A thorough code review is
17 incredibly valuable we shouldn't discourage anyone from doing them.
18
19 On the other hand, if you decide to fix only some of the issues, that's
20 your prerogative. I would however suggest that afterwards, you open a
21 bug for the remaining improvements so that the valuable time of the
22 reviewer is not wasted.