On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 4:45 AM, Patrick Lauer <patr...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On 11/20/12 21:57, Alexis Ballier wrote: >> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:10:51 +0000 (UTC) >> "Patrick Lauer (patrick)" <patr...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> >>> patrick 12/11/16 09:10:51 >>> >>> Modified: ChangeLog >>> Added: lyx-2.0.5.ebuild >>> Log: >>> Bump >>> >> >> >> >> While the bump was fine, please read the damn metadata.xml when you >> touch a package you're not used to. Pavel has been doing a very good >> job in (proxy) maintaining lyx since years and you do not seem to have >> contacted him before doing the bump, which is a bit disrespectful for >> him IMHO. > > I disagree. A fix is a fix, a bump is a bump, no ego involved. > >> If you want to help in having things done quicker because I'm not >> always responsive enough, then please do it correctly and ask Pavel to >> CC you when he sends me instructions for lyx. > I dislike this territorialism. Why add a single point of failure to > package maintenance? (What if you or Pavel "disappear" for any reason?) > > Have fun, > > Patrick > >
Sadly ( or not ;-) ) these are the rules. You have to _at_least_ let the maintainer know you are going to touch his package. -- Regards, Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
