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On 9/7/12 6:03 PM, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> Why the dev community only? We have many active contributors who aren't |
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> devs and who work hard with ebuilds. It's *their* time which will be |
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> wasted on rewriting dependencies into new form, not yours. |
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Should those contributors also vote? Do they have any formal status? Do |
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we have established procedures for that case? |
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By the way, for everyone else, there is a forums thread about this topic |
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here: |
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<http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-935812-start-0-postdays-0-postorder-asc-highlight-.html> |
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I guess the contributors follow gentoo-dev, so they at least can voice |
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their concerns, if any. |
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Also, requiring a rewrite of all existing ebuilds doesn't sound like a |
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good idea. I think this should be designed not to require a rewrite, and |
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then the concern about wasted time disappears. |
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