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From: David Seifert <soap@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: New "Accept Github contributions" metadata flag
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 18:17:37
Message-Id: 9fccfcf52efaf819811cc2fc926e1a2af89d44ee.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: New "Accept Github contributions" metadata flag by "Michał Górny"
1 On Tue, 2020-08-18 at 18:06 +0200, Michał Górny wrote:
2 > On Tue, 2020-08-18 at 11:58 -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote:
3 > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 11:48 AM Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o>
4 > > wrote:
5 > > > On Tue, 2020-08-18 at 15:36 +0000, Peter Stuge wrote:
6 > > > > Joonas Niilola wrote:
7 > > > > > some of you may already have seen the new packages.gentoo.org
8 > > > > > page,
9 > > > > > https://packages.gentoo.org/
10 > > > >
11 > > > > I had not seen that - that's wonderful!
12 > > > >
13 > > > > I would just request that /packages/ is removed from the start
14 > > > > of
15 > > > > package URLs. I understand how this makes request routing more
16 > > > > complicated, but I consider it a significant usability
17 > > > > improvement.
18 > > > >
19 > > > >
20 > > > > ..anyway:
21 > > > >
22 > > > > > I'm suggesting of adding a new metadata flag to our Wiki's
23 > > > > > User:/Project: page which then prints a message to this page
24 > > > > > saying
25 > > > > > whether the maintainer (be it project or user), "accepts" or
26 > > > > > "deals
27 > > > > > with" Github contributions. The wording can be a bit better,
28 > > > > > but it'd be
29 > > > > > there to **notify** our **contributors** whether their time
30 > > > > > and effort
31 > > > > > will most likely be wasted making a pull request for this
32 > > > > > particular
33 > > > > > maintainer.
34 > > > >
35 > > > > I think this is a very good feature.
36 > > > >
37 > > > > If I ever do become a proper Gentoo developer I will certainly
38 > > > > not spend
39 > > > > any time on anything to do with GitHub, and in my current
40 > > > > position of
41 > > > > occasional contributor I don't either. The workflow imposed by
42 > > > > GitHub
43 > > > > isn't good and it's important to demonstrate other methods.
44 > > > >
45 > > >
46 > > > Read: it's important to slap users to satisfy developer's
47 > > > wannabes.
48 > >
49 > > This sentence makes no sense, but it seems to be saying something
50 > > rude.
51 > >
52 > > Would you like to clarify?
53 > >
54 >
55 > If user puts effort to make a good contribution, the developer
56 > shouldn't
57 > be rejecting it to 'demonstrate other methods'. This is the horrible
58 > attitude that kills the project.
59 >
60
61 Have to second this. "I'm not a Gentoo developer, but if I were, I
62 wouldn't use it" - what sort of ultimate put-down is that, because
63 someone seems to have an axe to grind.