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From: Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: Pavel Sanda <sanda@×××.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-office/lyx: lyx-2.0.5.ebuild ChangeLog
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:35:37
Message-Id: CAG2jQ8hTWjxM3=pmSOBcJ3HPQBERW1A0p+NprQDd7Mwwca=NhQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-office/lyx: lyx-2.0.5.ebuild ChangeLog by Patrick Lauer
1 On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 4:45 AM, Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o> wrote:
2 > On 11/20/12 21:57, Alexis Ballier wrote:
3 >> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:10:51 +0000 (UTC)
4 >> "Patrick Lauer (patrick)" <patrick@g.o> wrote:
5 >>
6 >>> patrick 12/11/16 09:10:51
7 >>>
8 >>> Modified: ChangeLog
9 >>> Added: lyx-2.0.5.ebuild
10 >>> Log:
11 >>> Bump
12 >>>
13 >>
14 >>
15 >>
16 >> While the bump was fine, please read the damn metadata.xml when you
17 >> touch a package you're not used to. Pavel has been doing a very good
18 >> job in (proxy) maintaining lyx since years and you do not seem to have
19 >> contacted him before doing the bump, which is a bit disrespectful for
20 >> him IMHO.
21 >
22 > I disagree. A fix is a fix, a bump is a bump, no ego involved.
23 >
24 >> If you want to help in having things done quicker because I'm not
25 >> always responsive enough, then please do it correctly and ask Pavel to
26 >> CC you when he sends me instructions for lyx.
27 > I dislike this territorialism. Why add a single point of failure to
28 > package maintenance? (What if you or Pavel "disappear" for any reason?)
29 >
30 > Have fun,
31 >
32 > Patrick
33 >
34 >
35
36 Sadly ( or not ;-) ) these are the rules. You have to _at_least_ let
37 the maintainer know you are going to touch his package.
38
39 --
40 Regards,
41 Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2

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