On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:45:56 +0800 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. And respect is respect. It's not because you woke up someday in a special mood that a 4+ years perfectly working workflow will change... > > > 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?) Ask those who invented maintainers. Take your point to the council. So far these are the rules, follow them or leave it. As for the single point of failure, Pavel being part of upstream sends me the ebuilds _before_ the actual release. That is not what I call a failure. The proposal to also be a proxy still stands, but if you continue with this provocative behavior I'm not sure I want to work with you... A.
