[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-office/lyx: lyx-2.0.5.ebuild ChangeLog

[Patrick Lauer]

On 11/20/12 21:57, Alexis Ballier wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:10:51 +0000 (UTC)
> "Patrick Lauer (patrick)" <patrick@g.o> wrote:
>
>> patrick     12/11/16 09:10:51
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>>   Modified:             ChangeLog
>>   Added:                lyx-2.0.5.ebuild
>>   Log:
>>   Bump
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> While the bump was fine, please read the damn metadata.xml when you
> touch a package you're not used to. Pavel has been doing a very good
> job in (proxy) maintaining lyx since years and you do not seem to have
> contacted him before doing the bump, which is a bit disrespectful for
> him IMHO.

I disagree. A fix is a fix, a bump is a bump, no ego involved.

> If you want to help in having things done quicker because I'm not
> always responsive enough, then please do it correctly and ask Pavel to
> CC you when he sends me instructions for lyx.
I dislike this territorialism. Why add a single point of failure to
package maintenance? (What if you or Pavel "disappear" for any reason?)

Have fun,

Patrick