On Wed, 1 May 2013 08:57:35 +0200
Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org> wrote:

> >>>>> On Tue, 30 Apr 2013, Ryan Hill wrote:
> > Then the person implementing the code for Paludis is either a monkey
> > or a robot*. Anyone capable of reasoning could puzzle out the
> > implications of not allowing user-given options to override the
> > defaults. Obviously you can write code that follows a spec but is
> > still broken or useless.
> 
> > *or both (?!)
> 
> Oh please... The person simply made a mistake, which happens when
> programming, and which he fixed. No reason for calling him names.

Sorry, I was under the impression that they were refusing to acknowledge it as a
mistake on the grounds that it was allowed by the spec, despite the
consequences, and demanding ebuilds to be "fixed" instead.  I have other names
for those people I could use but I doubt you'd like them any better.


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