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On Wed, 2017-05-17 at 18:38 +0200, Patrick Lauer wrote: |
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> Bonus mention: |
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> bbdc5412061adf598ed935697441a7d6b05f7614 |
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> app-admin/logstash-bin: drop old |
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> Signed-off-by: Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o> |
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> That removed the versions I was using, so I better maintain the versions |
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> I use in an overlay. Well ok then. |
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I'm sorry that the situation turned out badly for you. However, I would |
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like to point out that problems like this are rarely unilateral, |
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and usually involve issues on both ends. |
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I'd like to ask you a very simple question: what did you do to ensure |
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that the versions you are using are not accidentally removed? |
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I could have a few ideas, such as: |
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a. slotting the package to indicate that multiple versions might be |
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meaningful, |
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b. opening a bug requesting the old version to be kept, |
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c. leaving a comment in the ebuild (unlikely to help but still), |
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d. just mailing proxy-maint@ to let us know of the issue. |
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However, as far as I'm aware none of this happened. Note that I might |
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have missed the mail, or it might have been sent before I joined -- |
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correct me if that is the case. |
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As Alec pointed out, it is a normal procedure in Gentoo to remove old |
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versions of software if there is no explicit indication that they need |
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to be kept. Therefore, I don't see anything wrong with the proxied |
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maintainer wishing to clean the old versions up and/or not requesting |
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your explicit permission for that. If you needed the old versions, you |
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should have made that clear. |
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I should also point out that the steps you've taken (and listed in this |
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mail) are not really relevant. They make you look like a sloppy |
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maintainer, and a bad Gentoo developer at the best -- and I doubt anyone |
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would connect removing proxy-maint team with a necessity of keeping |
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an old version. |
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-- |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |