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Hi, |
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Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> Just a reminder that it's considered bad manners to mess with other |
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> people's packages (such as, say, doing a revbump and adding a patch) |
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> without asking first, especially when: |
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Sure, but what when... |
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> * the package is actively maintained and herded in metadata.xml |
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the bug is lying around for several months, |
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> * the package maintainer is easily contactable by irc or email |
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the package maintainer isn't on irc and did never comment the bug |
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and your patch is only applyied on a specific arch which is CC'ed or |
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even in the AssignedTo field of the bug? |
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Of course it's always better to ask first, but would it still be rude in |
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such a case? What if a revbump isn't needed? |
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Greetings, |
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blubb |
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