Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: crossdev and multilib interference

[Joshua Kinard <kumba@gentoo.org>]

On 06/16/2014 21:47, hasufell wrote:
> Joshua Kinard:
>>
>> How big of a patch would this change require to the existing crossdev ebuild?
>>
> 
> Probably quite trivial, but since vapier said "bs" to that proposal
> (translates to "bullshit" I guess) I'll not put any work into that.
> 
> So there we go. If you are cool, you can just say "bs", vanish and leave
> stable arch in a broken state.
> 
> Not even QA cares. Great. I'll try to get it on the next council agenda
> then.

So you just take your ball and go home then?  That's not how it works.

Create the patch, and file it as a bug.  Then, raise awareness on the ML.
That's how development works.  If your patch is reasonable and doesn't break
things, odds are likely it'll push the other members of toolchain to
consider incorporating it.

Equally using the Council as a hammer all the time doesn't work in the
long-term, either.  If you whip a patch up, however, then not only could you
raise this at the next council meeting, but additionally state you've gone
that extra mile and created a patch that addresses the problem.

That's taking the ball and putting it into the goal.

-- 
Joshua Kinard
Gentoo/MIPS
kumba@gentoo.org
4096R/D25D95E3 2011-03-28

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