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On Sat, 16 May 2009 22:39:46 +0530 |
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Arun Raghavan <ford_prefect@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Sat, 2009-05-16 at 17:59 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> > > Don't care. Let's fix the problems we have *now* using solutions |
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> > > that we can agree upon, rather than try to foist solutions that a |
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> > > reasonably large population of developers *don't* like (even after |
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> > > extended debate) to solve problems that don't exist yet. |
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> > No, let's fix it so we don't have to do the whole thing again in |
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> > another year or two. |
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> I see nothing about the current problem that merits the fooling around |
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> with the ebuild extension. I've listened to and considered all the |
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> arguments that have been made, and I still stand by my opinion that it |
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> an unclean solution (meaning, we don't need to rehash those arguments |
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> again here). |
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You have yet to provide an alternative for fixing the arbitrary and |
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pointless version format restrictions that are currently in place. |
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> I think it makes far more sense to work towards agreeing on a solution |
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> rather than restating the same arguments every 6 months and reaching |
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> the same impasse. |
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We only have one viable solution. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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