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On 4/11/07, Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 22:50 +0200, paul@×××××××××.org wrote: |
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> > it's just so easy to step on other |
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> > ppls feet these days ;) |
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> I tend to agree that this is a problem, but only insofar as we've become |
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> too territorial. Many times I see bugs filed with seemingly minor |
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> changes being asked for. A good example is bug #173884 which is a |
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> completely valid request. The change is simple, removing |
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> "insinto /etc/env.d ; doins $somefile" and replacing it with "doenvd |
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> $somefile" instead. Now, this is something that *anyone* with commit |
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> access should feel comfortable doing to *anyone's* packages without fear |
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> of being attacked for touching someone else's packages. |
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I wish we could have a list stating which package you have to contact |
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its maintainer first (and the reason why if possible), or add |
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<restricted> tag in metadata.xml to warn people. The rest of the tree |
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will be free land (unless you break the tree of course) |
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Duy |
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