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On Mon, 2022-07-04 at 16:19 +0200, Florian Schmaus wrote: |
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> I'd like to propose a new metadata XML element for packages: |
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> <non-maintainer-commits-welcome/> |
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> Maintainers can signal to other developers (and of course contributors |
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> in general) that they are happy with others to make changes to the |
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> ebuilds without prior consultation of the maintainer. |
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I don't think adding such an element is a good idea. In my opinion, |
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this will strengthen the assumption that "unless otherwise noted, you |
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don't dare touch anything" (even though that's not your goal). "Common |
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sense" should really be good enough for almost everything. |
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I mean, I do realize that 10 years ago, in the golden years of Gentoo, |
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it was considered normal for developers to be like "my package, my |
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fortress, don't you dare add systemd unit or I will retire" but today I |
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think we're aiming for a more welcoming developer base, and I think |
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we're actually going in that direction. What I'm afraid is that some |
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people will use this as an excuse to push back once again. |
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Can you really think of a case when common sense really, really wouldn't |
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work? I mean, sure, we all make mistakes but we should be able to learn |
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from them and do better next time. This also implies package |
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maintainers learning that they're not the only people who will ever |
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touch the package in question and starting to document the pitfalls. |
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-- |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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