From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JgFNJ-0007T6-7k for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:28:17 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C47B9E049D; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:28:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailhub-lb1.unibe.ch (mailhub-lb1.unibe.ch [130.92.0.82]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FAB2E049D for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:28:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (scanhub-lb1.unibe.ch [130.92.5.65]) by mailhub-lb1.unibe.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8FC511C107 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:28:13 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-checked: by University of Bern Received: from mailhub-lb1.unibe.ch ([130.92.0.82]) by localhost (scanhub-lb1.unibe.ch [130.92.5.65]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 0zwVrcMAHghn for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:28:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from asterix.unibe.ch (asterix.unibe.ch [130.92.64.4]) by mailhub-lb1.unibe.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17BEE11C127 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:28:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [130.92.65.87] (cubert [130.92.65.87]) by asterix.unibe.ch (8.13.6+Sun/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m2V8SCeN014492 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:28:12 +0200 (MEST) Message-ID: <47F0A0ED.40405@dev.gentooexperimental.org> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:29:33 +0200 From: Patrick Lauer User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080304) 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 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: OT: offensive (Re: [gentoo-dev] explicit -r0 in ebuild filename) References: <20080330023902.GA8787@seldon.hsd1.ca.comcast.net> <20080330034811.39942523@snowcone> <200803310940.45136.bangert@gentoo.org> <97a4d67e0803310049j34de0ae1jc7ecff5563141d7e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <97a4d67e0803310049j34de0ae1jc7ecff5563141d7e@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 7c421fcd-e1fd-4f9a-b9e1-96b8f31b59dd X-Archives-Hash: a3dca293be572bb4bab420b2dfa192fb Anders Ossowicki wrote: > On 31/03/2008, *Thilo Bangert* > wrote: > > > Please think things through before asking to have pkgcore's bugs > > 'fixed' via specification next time... > > maybe my english language skills or social interaction qualities are > failing me, but i find the above sentence highly offensive. > > > pkgcore crashes on ebuilds with explicit -r0 in the PV, which led to > Brian Harring bringing this entire discussion up in the first place. > Rather than getting pkgcore to handle -r0 correctly, he decided to try > and get it banned through the specification. That bug has been adressed, still leaves the underlying problem wether to allow this ambiguity or not. If you have the patience to read the pingpong between Harring and McCreesh the current discussion is wether that format even makes sense, not wether a fixed bug in a third-party app is relevant. > > Please note, the above does not imply anything about my feelings > towards the original proposal, so please don't take it as such. I > really couldn't care less what you decide to do or not do. > > am i too thin skinned for gentoo-dev? > > In this particular case, I'd say yes :-) I'd say no. There's no need for ad hominem attack in what is supposed to be a technical discussion. -- gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list