On 09/24/2011 02:10 AM, Matt Turner wrote:
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Nikos Chantziaras<rea...@arcor.de> wrote:
I believe something needs to be done with the zlib-1.2.5.1-r1 and -r2
packages currently in the tree. The maintainer of zlib pushed those
revisions with a patch that alters macro identifiers, making Gentoo's zlib
incompatible with upstream. As a result, a lot of packages stopped
building. Bug reports for broken packages come in and then are being
modified to fit Gentoo's zlib.
Breaking compatibility with upstream zlib also means that non-portage
software, the ones I install with "./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr&& make
install", also won't build.
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It seemed to me like this was a silly problem from the outset. vapier
did arguably the right thing, and if that means exposing some broken
software, fine. We handle plenty of breakage worse than this, but I
understand that it can be inconvenient.
However, you completely lost any support when you said
Yes, bad idea. But it's in my liberty to write code however I see fit.
That just makes me want to slap you.
I'll echo what vapier said in response: it's absolutely your
prerogative to do whatever you want, but it's not our responsibility
to make sure that it works in Gentoo.
The code is perfectly valid. You cannot force people to follow your
coding standards. If it's valid C code, it doesn't matter that it
contradicts your personal preferences. It's not your code and you don't
have a saying in it. What's next, banning software that indents code
with tabs instead of spaces?
It's a bad call. You've made plenty of those lately. This is just another one.
IMO, you don't have the skills and insight to mess with this stuff. So when you
try, breakage happens. I hope you retire soon.
Are you kidding me? Grow up.
This was just another episode of Vapier's hostile and arrogant behavior
towards users. Every time someone comes up with a valid argument of why
he's wrong, the final answer is "don't care, I do what I please because
I'm the dev and you're not." So my reply was the politest I could come
up with without using the f-word.
