Re: [gentoo-project] Council: Policy for Systemd units

[Markos Chandras]

On 12 June 2013 12:24, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 7:17 AM, Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> wrote:
>> What worries me is that we've reached the point where we need the
>> Council to define a policy for adding simple text file to packages.
>> If maintainers can't work things out then a policy can't fix that.
>
> I do agree that ideally this is often a personal issue.  And yet, the
> issue still exists.  If a dev wants to add a file to a package and the
> maintainer refuses the only way for the dev to get that file in is to
> just add themselves as a maintainer, add the file, and send bugmail to
> /dev/null other than stuff related to the one file they want to
> maintain.  If the first maintainer walks away in a fit then the only
> remaining maintainer ends up leaving as well since the only reason
> they were there was to override the desires of the first.
>
> It doesn't help when people basically threaten to quit over systemd units.
>
> Rich
>

Unfortunately we can't please everyone. This is a FOSS project meaning
you don't get to always do what you want.
You have to be a team player, and you have to think of that users want
even though this is something that you never will
use yourself. I regret to say that but if people threaten to leave
over such minor things, they might as well quit instead of adding more
and more rules.   Sometimes it sounds like a "blackmail" to me.
"Either do that or I will quit". A policy will never fix such
behaviors.

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Regards,
Markos Chandras - Gentoo Linux Developer
http://dev.gentoo.org/~hwoarang