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From: Michael 'veremitz' Everitt <gentoo@×××××××.xyz>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o, "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Cc: qa@g.o, zmedico@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] install-qa-check.d: remove check that bans libtool files and static libs from /
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2019 21:47:53
Message-Id: 50e29f7a-5e31-69e4-04b5-8ddc70e75397@veremit.xyz
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] install-qa-check.d: remove check that bans libtool files and static libs from / by "Michał Górny"
1 On 03/11/19 21:37, Michał Górny wrote:
2 > On Sun, 2019-11-03 at 15:26 -0600, William Hubbs wrote:
3 >>
4 >> You being a qa member doesn't have a lot to do with this mgorny. you
5 >> know there was no official policy when I posted this, and as far as I
6 >> know there is not one now.
7 >>
8 > That is a really poor argument. Something that's respected for 10+
9 > years and reported as QA violation is a standing policy as far as I'm
10 > concerned. Just because it isn't backed by a formally stamped policy
11 > (at least as far as we know -- maybe it was actually stamped somewhere
12 > in the past?) doesn't mean you it's fine for one person to change it ad-
13 > hoc because it stands in his way.
14 >
15 > I should point that I'm very concerned that you're pushing this forward
16 > even though:
17 >
18 > 1) I've objected to the change itself,
19 >
20 > 2) I've pointed out that it's been sent to the wrong mailing list,
21 > and that this explicitly prevents a number of developers from even
22 > knowing that this is happening,
23 >
24 > 3) removing it provides a way for regressions that can have major impact
25 > on users and that involve much effort in reverting that.
26 >
27 > So if I send a revert patch afterwards, and you object, should the patch
28 > be accepted because only one person objected?
29 >
30 Children, please take this off-list ...

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