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Daniel Drake posted <43F0AFC7.2000407@g.o>, excerpted below, on |
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Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:11:51 +0000: |
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> Duncan wrote: |
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>> I'd /not/ really wish to encourage version bump requests "overnight". |
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>> That's jumping the gun, and indeed, could encourage "first post" like |
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>> behavior. |
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> That is precisely what was being discussed on the private list which |
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> prompted me to finish off this post and publish it. |
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> One point I was trying to make (as Mike and myself suggested on the |
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> private list) is that if you *do* receive a bump request too soon after |
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> release, then you ask the user nicely to wait 1 week (or whatever) after |
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> release in the future before filing bump requests. |
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> You should *also* leave the bug open until the ebuild is in portage, |
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> then mark the bug as FIXED in the normal way, *and* you thank them by |
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> name in the commit message. |
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> By showing them some basic respect for the fact they were trying to |
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> contribute, hopefully they will understand your position better and take |
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> up your advice. |
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WORKSFORME =8^) |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in |
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http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html |
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