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On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 5:42 PM, Ciaran McCreesh |
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<ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Tue, 19 Jan 2016 23:32:30 +0100 |
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> Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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>> The problem was, is and will be that packages are unmaintained. Not |
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>> that stats show that they are many. |
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> No it's not. Gentoo is about the community, and it's important for the |
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> community not to perceive that there is a problem. Being honest where |
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> users or Phoronix could pick up on it is bad PR. Let's not create a |
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> toxic perception of the state of the tree. |
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To be fair while at times I'm not a big fan of treecleaning things |
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that aren't horribly broken, I've never been opposed to marking them |
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as maintainer-needed. That's what they are. And I certainly don't |
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support hiding problems (and nor does our social contract). |
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Yes,I realize that by replying I'm basically accepting that the |
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criticism above applies to me. I'll agree that on the community vs |
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pragmatism scale I tend to fall more to the left sometimes. It isn't |
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a position without its disadvantages. |
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