On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 12:00:40PM -0400, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > I think the thing that the problems packagers are looking at is the > following: > > 1) They are going to have 'non-upstream' patches for all their > software.. which is just one more thing to keep up with every update. > 2) Most of this software is not stuff they care about. It is branches > on a tree for the only reason they packaged it up in the first place. > So it is busy work from what they want. > 3) This isn't the only rodeo they are putting this package in. So this > patch set looks like a special snowflake patch they have to keep up > with. > 4) There is a difference between rules written down and rules in > action. While the rule has been this should be done, the fact that so > many packages have never done so and no one has pulled them for that.. > says the real rule is it is not needed. Making a written rule an > action rule takes enforcement which always causes resistance.
Good summary, and I definitely understand *these* problems. Just not the other one. :) -- Matthew Miller <mat...@fedoraproject.org> Fedora Project Leader _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
