On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 22:13:32 +0000 Stuart Herbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Sun, 2006-02-26 at 21:40 +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: | > The issue is whether you have the right to leave broken packages in | > the tree. I don't see any policy document granting you that right. | | From a discussion in #-portage, I understand that ferringb has already | told the QA team that file clashes in distfiles is legitimate, and has | no interest in implementing DEST_PREFIX support to tackle the | problem.
Which is probably a good thing, since there's exactly one affected set of packages... | > | Please stop spreading FUD, and libelling my name here. | > | > You've closed that bug five times now without fixing it. | | Yes I have. | | I carefully considered the QA team's concerns, and the proposed | solutions, and felt that - in this specific case - the bug doesn't | have enough merit. And then the bug degenerated into the QA team | being repeatedly asked - and unable to provide - any evidence that | they're entitled to push for the package to be removed. There are plenty of options you could have taken rather than repeatedly closing the bug off. From the looks of the rest of this thread, you've decided to go with one of these options. A comment on the bug saying "I don't like the proposed fix. Here's how I'd solve it" would be fine. Repeatedly closing the bug off and trying to pretend that there isn't a problem when there is is not. -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Wearer of the shiny hat) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm
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