Re: [gentoo-dev] On banning merge commits

[Dirkjan Ochtman <djc@gentoo.org>]

On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> wrote:
> No, he didn't. He stated an imaginary fact ('we all seem to agree...'), and asked how to *enforce* that formally. That's not how you request differing opinions.

He used "seem to" to state that it was his perspective, and asked
"What is the correct course of action?", which to me does not at all
read as only being about formal enforcement.

> It's rather the common Gentoo reboot in which for Nth time you propose the same thing, pretend that all previous opposition didn't happen and hope people will be tired enough to let you have what you want.

Apparently the previous times it was discussed there was no
satisfactory resolution, or the topic (or understanding thereof) has
advanced since then. Perhaps we should GLEPs more to document such
discussions, so that we don't have to repeat them all the time.

> My response is also a common Gentoo response to bad ideas, and it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.

Well, even if it's common, I think it's much worse than Patrice's
initial email. If you think something is a bad idea, lay out why you
think so. If you don't want to repeat yourself, write it up in an
email list or blog post that you can link to after the fact. Your
response of posing a threat of quitting is not productive at all, and
seems kind of childish to me.

Cheers,

Dirkjan