On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 20:59:48 +0300 Caleb Maclennan via aur-general <[email protected]> said:
> On 2021-06-11 03:16, Archange wrote: > > so let’s start the discussion period. > > This message is a short public service announcement reminding all > current TUs that today is the halfway point of the discussion period on > my application. I know packagers tend to be the easily distracted types > that wander off following the latest shinny thing wherever it leads — > it takes one to know one. I also know the author of *the* most popular > AUR package (not to mention co-author of the second most popular) just > threw his hat in the ring too, but I don't want you to loose your > chance to hold my toes over the fire. > > If my existing packages or former FOSS involvement doesn't give enough > fodder for discussion, lets try some unpopular opinions: > > * I think most non-library Rust projects would benefit from Autoconf > tooling. Rust is a fantastic language but Cargo is terrible in the role > of distribution tooling. > * Projects that track auto-generated content (such as Autoconf > generated bits) in their VCS should be taken out behind the woodshed > and... > * Non-tiling window managers are mostly just window *observers*, they > clearly aren't *managing* them effectively if they just throw them all > in a pile. Careful there young whipper-snapper... You might want to write a few WM's first.... :) :P :) > * QWERTY is for mechanical typewriters or the birds, no middle ground. > I use (programmer) Dvorak for English, F for Turkish, and MessagEase on > mobile. I'm considering learning ARTSEY to facilitate computer use > while holding small children. > > Caleb -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - [email protected]
