From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IHNIr-0007c2-Jf for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:20:38 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l74HJbMi020439; Sat, 4 Aug 2007 17:19:37 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l74HHf8h018160 for ; Sat, 4 Aug 2007 17:17:42 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.150] (adsl-65-67-72-193.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [65.67.72.193]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 777F864306 for ; Sat, 4 Aug 2007 17:17:41 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <46B4B4BB.7060708@gentoo.org> Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:17:47 -0500 From: Martin Jackson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Some ideas on how to reduce territoriality References: <1186178767.8470.47.camel@inertia.twi-31o2.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 249a4d3e-b052-4195-8961-372fa162edd0 X-Archives-Hash: e0d35d5736e6d0d2134e28229aca40fa Steve Long wrote: > Alec Warner wrote: > >> Ask for forgiveness, not permission. > > ++ I think anything that streamlines the process is a good thing. (Obviously > I don't know enough about all the changes to comment on specifics.) Not > saying it should be done recklessly, eg SRC_URI changes. How about a simple > requirement that anyone who changes something test it before committing? > (Isn't this already there?) > > I assume there is already a policy that devs take responsibility for any > changes they make.. (That fits with "you broke it, you fix it" [or have it > fixed, i guess.;]) > > In general, while there are a lot of bad things that *can* happen when bumping a package, in most cases they don't. In the cases they do, the dev that bumped should take responsibility. I believe users will be understanding...ricing does have some risks, after all. :) ++ Thanks, Marty -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list