Re: [gentoo-user] audacity-2.0.5 failed to compile

[Gevisz]

On Wed, 2 Sep 2015 01:55:00 -0400 Fernando Rodriguez <frodriguez.developer@×××××××.com> wrote:

> On Wednesday, September 02, 2015 12:57:37 PM wraeth wrote:
> > On 02/09/15 12:23, Fernando Rodriguez wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, September 01, 2015 9:22:44 PM Alec Ten Harmsel wrote:
> > >> On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 05:05:09PM -0600, thelma@×××××××××××.com
> > >> wrote:
> > >>> On 09/01/2015 04:55 PM, Fernando Rodriguez wrote:
> > >>>> Since you're too stupid to follow advice, you need to rebuild
> > >>>>
> > > *EVERYTHING*
> > >>>> that linked against libjpeg (in this case x11-libs/wxGTK).
> > >>>
> > >>> This kind of language does not belong here. If you can not
> > >>> refrain yourself making sarcastic remarks don't make any
> > >>> comments.
> > >>
> > >> This language occasionally belongs on this list.
> > >>
> > >>> I would appreciate you stop reading my posts at all. I don't
> > >>> belong to Gentoo community.
> > >>
> > >> OK. Maybe we all got off on the wrong foot here. When you ask for
> > >> help, can you please provide:
> > >>
> > >> * the *exact* command you ran * the output of `emerge --info' *
> > >> the whole error, not just the part you think is relevant
> > >>
> > >> It is incredibly difficult for us to help when we only get a
> > >> small piece of what's going on with your system.
> > >>
> > >> Alec
> > >>
> > >
> > > He was told what the problem was on his first post about
> > > libjpeg-turbo, he didn't just ignore it but posted the wrong
> > > solution with a big SOLVED on the subject that only serves to
> > > mislead future users of this list. On his last post about this same
> > > error (different package) I politely told him to go back and follow
> > > the advise on that post, again he ignored it and posted a bogus
> > > solution (it worked because he rebuilt tiff, perl had nothing to do
> > > with it). revdep-rebuild may (or may not) fix it now, but the right
> > > solution is to remove or fix the obsolete package to depend on
> > > virtual/jpeg, update world properly, and then revdep-rebuild to
> > > undo this mess.
> >
> > So someone posted an issue(s), then marked it solved when they got a
> > workaround which may not resolve the actual issue but got them past
> > their initial problem(s).
> >
> > Your argument to that is that their "false solution" will mislead
> > future readers of the list. Doesn't the same apply to insulting
> > participants of the list? Not to mention this comes shortly after a
> > discussion about attracting new blood into the Gentoo community.
> >
> > You don't have to participate in this thread. You could also simply
> > say "I said in your previous posts that you need to do /this/."
> >
> > We should never resort to insults and name calling if we want this to
> > be a productive list. If there's a problem with someone, either stop
> > replying to their messages, take it up with them directly (and
> > diplomatically), or bring it up with the list owner [1,2].
>
> I have no excuse for name calling, that was wrong and I should've handled it
> better. Hopefully s/he'll get over it.
>
> It's arguable if that makes the list less productive, but certainly posting a
> new thread every few hours about the same issue will make it less productive.

Agree with the last phrase: "posting a new thread every few hours about
the same issue" should be avoided."

> > 1: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt
> > 2: gentoo-user+owner@l.g.o
> >
> > --
> > wraeth <wraeth@×××××××××.au>
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