From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A54DA198005 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:33:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C4C59E07CE; Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:33:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from foo.stuge.se (foo.stuge.se [212.116.89.98]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8414CE068F for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:33:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 16466 invoked by uid 501); 21 Mar 2013 13:33:50 -0000 Message-ID: <20130321133350.16465.qmail@stuge.se> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:33:50 +0100 From: Peter Stuge To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Make inotify a global USE flag? Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <20810.57629.196394.526922@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <514AE1BF.3030605@gentoo.org> <20810.57629.196394.526922@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20130321114356.6340.qmail@stuge.se> <514AF6E7.9090703@gentoo.org> <20130321121007.8615.qmail@stuge.se> <514AFC6B.9090004@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <514AFC6B.9090004@gentoo.org> X-Archives-Salt: 17f2cf8f-8037-4a8d-b732-999b0e9c1de4 X-Archives-Hash: 2a35316e1bef49d78bd91868b1a7dc18 Samuli Suominen wrote: >>> i'm referring to the mistakes done by maintainers by adding >>> unnecessarily the flag >> >> That was not at all clear, but that's great! Then you could fix those >> ebuilds. > > Yes, I could, or I could just let other maintainers know about it, like > on the ML, wait... that's what I just did ..using the mailing list as bugtracker? I completely understand and agree that submitting a bug takes certain effort, sometimes too much for simple things. I'm just ridiculing the fact that rules are chilling bugfixes. Maybe it inspires someone, even if it isn't following the rules for how to express opinion on rules. >> Except there's that rule to not fix bugs in others' ebuilds, >> so even though you've found a bug you're not allowed to fix it.. :\ > > You cut down the important bit from my last post about 'cutting the > sarcasm' > We really don't need this in the ML > Can we stop it before it begins? I hope so The emperor was naked all along. ;) //Peter