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From: Alec Warner <antarus@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Cc: Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in dev-libs/libusbhp: ChangeLog Manifest libusbhp-1.0.2.ebuild metadata.xml
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:07:52
Message-Id: CAAr7Pr-LqMwHhHtMX-5JwGrOHVtM4+028wokT-8oYJbxJs=OvA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in dev-libs/libusbhp: ChangeLog Manifest libusbhp-1.0.2.ebuild metadata.xml by Mike Frysinger
1 On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 3:13 AM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote:
2
3 > On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 1:16 AM, Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> wrote:
4 > > On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 8:05 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
5 > wrote:
6 > >> On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 12:21 AM, Patrick Lauer (patrick)
7 > >> <patrick@g.o> wrote:
8 > >> > patrick 14/12/31 05:21:11
9 > >> >
10 > >> > Removed: ChangeLog Manifest libusbhp-1.0.2.ebuild
11 > >> > metadata.xml
12 > >> > Log:
13 > >> > QA: Remove package with invalid copyright
14 > >>
15 > >> you do not go reverting code without actually talking to people. if
16 > >> you feel like a revert is necessary, then file a bug. putting a "QA"
17 > >> tag at the start of the commit message doesn't give you a pass.
18 > >
19 > > Normally I'd side with you on this...but I'm fairly sure repoman doesn't
20 > let
21 > > you commit packages to the tree missing these headers. This leads me to
22 > > believe you didn't use repoman, or ignored it?
23 >
24 > feel free to grab the code i originally committed and run `repoman
25 > full` yourself. no fatal errors. in fact you can see the generated
26 > tags in my commit message.
27 >
28
29 Seems like a bug worth fixing then.
30
31
32 >
33 > even then, deleting an ebuild purely due to different copyright is
34 > complete bs. anyone who understands copyright knows the situation in
35 > Gentoo is completely unenforceable. we have no CLA. this was
36 > patrick/QA wasting people's time to check a meaningless box.
37 >
38
39 Well we agree there, although I doubt anyone will bother fixing it ;)
40
41 -A
42
43
44 > -mike
45 >
46 >