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Arthur D. posted on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:23:54 +0300 as excerpted: |
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> I suggested my help in developing the script. I asked him what options |
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> will break things... |
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> No answer. 12 days left. |
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FWIW, 12 days isn't so bad. It's often two weeks before you get a first |
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maintainer response on a bug (I'd call that normal, I don't even start to |
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wonder until three have passed, yes, it IS hard to wait sometimes, when |
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it's /your/ bug, but...), and I've had bugs with supplied patches sit for |
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months before they get tested and implemented by the maintainer. Since |
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Gentoo is all volunteers, and "real life" can and does take precedence a |
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lot of the time, this is simply a fact of life. If someone doesn't like |
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it, they can of course work to become a Gentoo dev and volunteer their |
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own time to get things done faster, or perhaps if they have money, they |
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can sponsor someone to work on it full time, or they can learn to live |
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with it... or they can get tired of it and switch to one of the |
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commercial distributions. |
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So I'm not going to get involved in the merits of the specific argument |
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here, but thought I'd reply just to let you know to have a bit of |
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patience. 12 days does NOT mean the maintainer is ignoring you, or that |
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he won't actually agree with you when he does get to it. Often, it just |
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means he has "real life" (TM) to attend to, and perhaps a few more urgent |
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bugs or bugs he was already in the middle of, and hasn't had time to give |
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your mail the proper consideration it is due. =:^) |
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Actually, that he didn't answer right away might be an encouraging sign. |
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He didn't reject the idea out of hand, and maybe he IS seriously |
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considering it. I know I'd far rather have a reply delayed a couple weeks |
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(or 3 or 4 or 6) and have some thoughtful consideration given to it, than |
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have the thing rejected out of hand! =:^) |
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That said, the bug was the way to go, as mail can get lost or eaten by |
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the spam filter or whatever. Gentoo uses the bug tracker for all sorts |
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of stuff one wouldn't ordinarily think of as bugs, including tracking the |
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progress of new devs and dev retirement when it's needed (on a private |
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bug in some cases, of course). Put it in a bug and it's in the system |
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and will get proper consideration given it. And if having filed it, you |
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were told to bring it up here, that's good too. =:^) |
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All I'm really saying is don't get too worried about a response time of a |
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couple weeks or more. That's simply a fact of life one deals with. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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