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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: Daniel Campbell <zlg@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP RFC: Third-party contributions
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 06:51:56
Message-Id: 20161028085139.551a46ef.mgorny@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP RFC: Third-party contributions by Daniel Campbell
1 On Thu, 27 Oct 2016 21:49:55 -0700
2 Daniel Campbell <zlg@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > On 10/27/2016 06:13 AM, Michał Górny wrote:
5 > > [snip]
6 > >
7 > > To be honest, after writing it all down, I started to get the feeling
8 > > it isn't necessary after all. The initial idea (and what motivation was
9 > > supposed to mean) was that all previous attempts failed because they
10 > > either tried to be too specific, force too many style rules or just
11 > > never got necessary 'global' to reach all affected parties.
12 > >
13 > > I'd dare say this GLEP ended up confirming 'third party contributions'
14 > > are not that special, we don't need special teams to handle them or
15 > > special rules to cover them.
16 > >
17 > > So yes, it would probably be enough to put such a simple statement
18 > > somewhere. The problem is: where? ;-) GLEP seemed like a
19 > > straightforward solution to make it global.
20 > >
21 >
22 > Could it be relevant on the git workflow page? I consult that on a
23 > regular basis (it's even in my watch list), and accepting/pushing
24 > contributions seems like it's right in line with our expected git workflow.
25 >
26 > Just a thought. I like where you're going with the idea.
27
28 Anything put on the git workflow page automatically becomes rejected by
29 most of the developers and users for being a whim of hasufell ;-).
30
31 --
32 Best regards,
33 Michał Górny
34 <http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/>

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Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP RFC: Third-party contributions Daniel Campbell <zlg@g.o>