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On Tuesday 28 February 2006 16:58, Alec Warner wrote: |
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> Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> > On Tuesday 28 February 2006 16:02, Jakub Moc wrote: |
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> >>28.2.2006, 21:39:43, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> >>>whats your point ? if an ebuild author wants to control the SLOT, then |
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> >>>they should be able to without having an invalid warning issued on the |
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> >>>subject |
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> >>> |
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> >>>considering the nature of the warning, it should be trivial to make it |
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> >>>into a proper QA check by having the class see where files were |
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> >>> installed and then warn/abort if certain conditions are met |
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> >>> |
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> >>>there's no reason for the user to see this crap |
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> >> |
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> >>Yeah, and there's no reason for user to see USE_EXPAND QA notice crap, |
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> >>eclass inherited illegally crap and a couple of others - this isn't going |
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> >>anywhere. |
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> > |
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> > unrelated ... that is a portage limitation that has deeper work going on |
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> > around it to resolve the issue properly ... this is an eclass limitation |
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> > that can be resolved now |
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> > |
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> >>You are trying to solve something that noone ever complained about. Why |
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> >> not rather solve stuff like ebuilds that depend unconditionally on arts, |
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> >> but because they inherit kde eclass they get bogus arts use flag from |
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> >> the eclass. This is an issue that's truly confusing and that people are |
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> >> filing bugs about. There's the difference between doing something useful |
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> >> and wasting time on an artificially invented issue. |
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> > |
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> > right, so from now on people shouldnt bother fixing issues until a bug is |
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> > filed, that way we know someone actually cares enough to have the issue |
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> > resolved |
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> > |
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> > today's lesson: proactive QA is frowned upon, it's only a bug when a user |
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> > files a report at bugs.gentoo.org |
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> |
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> Actually as was mentioned on #gentoo-qa earlier today, I'd prefer to see |
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> bugs filed in almost all circumstances. If QA and the maintainer can |
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> fix stuff without bugs, thats cool, especially for trivial matters. If |
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> QA and the developer aren't getting along on a specific issue then there |
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> is no reason NOT to have a bug open. |
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> Otherwise you get circumstances that were also discussed, such as "I |
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> told the maintainer in person over a year ago..." which may in fact be |
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> true, but people forget things and make mistakes and now you have |
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> nothing to point at for proof of inactivity except a vague statement. |
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> Better to cover your rear and be able to point to a year old bug with a |
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> solution attached, and be like "look there is a bug and a fix and no one |
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> did jack squat." Essentially you have a case for any sane developer to |
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> agree with. |
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dont get me wrong, i wasnt implying that bugs shouldnt be filed ... i was |
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addressing the incorrect idea that it isnt a valid QA issue unless a user |
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experiences it and complains via bugzilla |
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-mike |
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