Daniel Drake posted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, excerpted below, on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:11:51 +0000:
> Duncan wrote: >> I'd /not/ really wish to encourage version bump requests "overnight". >> That's jumping the gun, and indeed, could encourage "first post" like >> behavior. >> > That is precisely what was being discussed on the private list which > prompted me to finish off this post and publish it. > > One point I was trying to make (as Mike and myself suggested on the > private list) is that if you *do* receive a bump request too soon after > release, then you ask the user nicely to wait 1 week (or whatever) after > release in the future before filing bump requests. > > You should *also* leave the bug open until the ebuild is in portage, > then mark the bug as FIXED in the normal way, *and* you thank them by > name in the commit message. > > By showing them some basic respect for the fact they were trying to > contribute, hopefully they will understand your position better and take > up your advice. WORKSFORME =8^) -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
