From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NO_RELAYS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from drobbins by cvs.gentoo.org with local (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15X3QC-0005C2-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 10:21:32 -0600 From: Daniel Robbins To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Bunch of bugs (nothing major - skip if you're not interested) Message-ID: <20010815102132.C27970@cvs.gentoo.org> References: <20010815050414.VEDX23043.femail3.sdc1.sfba.home.com@there> <3B7A8FF2.1080003@acm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3B7A8FF2.1080003@acm.org>; from chad.huneycutt@acm.org on Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 11:06:26AM -0400 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed Aug 15 10:22:01 2001 X-Original-Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 10:21:32 -0600 X-Archives-Salt: 5c58e2b8-1634-45ef-aca9-50bb9cdfec57 X-Archives-Hash: 8ce2ac285aec7077ad9b0d6031eb6854 On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 11:06:26AM -0400, Chad M. Huneycutt wrote: > In my defense, though, as Hallski suggested, the two problems brought to > my attention were not obvious typos, as woodchip seems to think. The > fact that there is a = means that there might be a reason to use it. > And the ko.mo issue might point to a larger problem. As I told > woodchip, his fixes might only treat the symptom, whereas I would prefer > someone on the proper team look at it and fix the problem. If he had > said, "in the foo ebuild, they typed bar in one place and baz in > another, when it is obviously supposed to be bar", then I would probably > have fixed it, or told to him to ask someone else if I was busy. Then a > flame would have been appropriate. > > I apologize for making it seem like *any* tiny fix should be sent to the > teams for a vote, but I was only talking about my opinion on those two bugs. OK; that makes perfect sense. At the same time, a temporary fix, even if not addressing the root problem, is often better than no fix at all. Especially if ebuilds are dying because of the problem. -- Daniel Robbins Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org Gentoo Technologies, Inc.