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From: Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o>
To: gentoo development <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Manifest2 hashes: validation of single hash per MANIFESTx_REQUIRED_HASH
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 04:19:44
Message-Id: CAEdQ38F-6tTFmGqLpW5Cgit1QxUkFV38YOkmpNP1OsJVeDDnzg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Manifest2 hashes: validation of single hash per MANIFESTx_REQUIRED_HASH by R0b0t1
1 On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 7:15 PM, R0b0t1 <r030t1@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > What I wanted to avoid was something I encountered on the GCC mailing
3 > list: When I asked why GCJ was removed, I was told that it was hard to
4 > maintain. When I asked for an example of past maintenance issues (and
5 > made it clear I had no interest in disputing whether the issues were
6 > valid or not) I received no reply from the maintainer except his
7 > original answer, leaving me to wonder whether GCJ was actually hard to
8 > maintain.
9 >
10 > I have seen similar exchanges associated with other projects.
11
12 When you have no standing in the project, there's little incentive to
13 justify one's actions and decisions to you.

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