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From: Daniel Campbell <zlg@g.o>
To: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP RFC: Third-party contributions
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 07:34:59
Message-Id: aedf8558-b706-802c-66ac-d6b326277dfc@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP RFC: Third-party contributions by "Michał Górny"
1 On 10/27/2016 11:51 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
2 > On Thu, 27 Oct 2016 21:49:55 -0700
3 > Daniel Campbell <zlg@g.o> wrote:
4 >
5 >> On 10/27/2016 06:13 AM, Michał Górny wrote:
6 >>> [snip]
7 >>>
8 >>> To be honest, after writing it all down, I started to get the feeling
9 >>> it isn't necessary after all. The initial idea (and what motivation was
10 >>> supposed to mean) was that all previous attempts failed because they
11 >>> either tried to be too specific, force too many style rules or just
12 >>> never got necessary 'global' to reach all affected parties.
13 >>>
14 >>> I'd dare say this GLEP ended up confirming 'third party contributions'
15 >>> are not that special, we don't need special teams to handle them or
16 >>> special rules to cover them.
17 >>>
18 >>> So yes, it would probably be enough to put such a simple statement
19 >>> somewhere. The problem is: where? ;-) GLEP seemed like a
20 >>> straightforward solution to make it global.
21 >>>
22 >>
23 >> Could it be relevant on the git workflow page? I consult that on a
24 >> regular basis (it's even in my watch list), and accepting/pushing
25 >> contributions seems like it's right in line with our expected git workflow.
26 >>
27 >> Just a thought. I like where you're going with the idea.
28 >
29 > Anything put on the git workflow page automatically becomes rejected by
30 > most of the developers and users for being a whim of hasufell ;-).
31 >
32 That seems unproductive. What has been proposed in its stead?
33
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Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP RFC: Third-party contributions "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP RFC: Third-party contributions "M. J. Everitt" <m.j.everitt@×××.org>