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On Tue, 2020-08-18 at 18:06 +0200, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> On Tue, 2020-08-18 at 11:58 -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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> > On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 11:48 AM Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> |
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> > wrote: |
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> > > On Tue, 2020-08-18 at 15:36 +0000, Peter Stuge wrote: |
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> > > > Joonas Niilola wrote: |
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> > > > > some of you may already have seen the new packages.gentoo.org |
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> > > > > page, |
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> > > > > https://packages.gentoo.org/ |
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> > > > |
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> > > > I had not seen that - that's wonderful! |
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> > > > |
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> > > > I would just request that /packages/ is removed from the start |
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> > > > of |
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> > > > package URLs. I understand how this makes request routing more |
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> > > > complicated, but I consider it a significant usability |
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> > > > improvement. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > |
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> > > > ..anyway: |
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> > > > |
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> > > > > I'm suggesting of adding a new metadata flag to our Wiki's |
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> > > > > User:/Project: page which then prints a message to this page |
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> > > > > saying |
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> > > > > whether the maintainer (be it project or user), "accepts" or |
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> > > > > "deals |
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> > > > > with" Github contributions. The wording can be a bit better, |
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> > > > > but it'd be |
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> > > > > there to **notify** our **contributors** whether their time |
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> > > > > and effort |
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> > > > > will most likely be wasted making a pull request for this |
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> > > > > particular |
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> > > > > maintainer. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > I think this is a very good feature. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > If I ever do become a proper Gentoo developer I will certainly |
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> > > > not spend |
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> > > > any time on anything to do with GitHub, and in my current |
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> > > > position of |
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> > > > occasional contributor I don't either. The workflow imposed by |
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> > > > GitHub |
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> > > > isn't good and it's important to demonstrate other methods. |
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> > > > |
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> > > |
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> > > Read: it's important to slap users to satisfy developer's |
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> > > wannabes. |
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> > |
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> > This sentence makes no sense, but it seems to be saying something |
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> > rude. |
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> > |
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> > Would you like to clarify? |
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> > |
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> |
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> If user puts effort to make a good contribution, the developer |
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> shouldn't |
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> be rejecting it to 'demonstrate other methods'. This is the horrible |
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> attitude that kills the project. |
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Have to second this. "I'm not a Gentoo developer, but if I were, I |
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wouldn't use it" - what sort of ultimate put-down is that, because |
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someone seems to have an axe to grind. |