On 10/15/07, Doug Goldstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jonathan Adamczewski wrote: > > Doug Goldstein wrote: > > > >> That's what this commits review list feels like. > >> > >> > > > > > > Nearly every suggestion (from Donnie and others) has been over some > > issue that relates directly to either correctness or maintainability. > > It doesn't matter if you can "rattle off capabilities to a millimeter" - > > if they're not documented somewhere (like, say, in the comments of the > > ebuild) then the maintainer that comes after you gets to go and break it > > all over again. > > > > > > jonathan. > > > Correctness? Fine. Go ahead. Stick $(use_enable xvmc) into the ebuild. > Do it. I dare you. Then try to compile. > > Guess what? When it blows up... that's called INcorrect. The opposite of > the right thing. > > The maintainer who comes after me would be someone with a experience > with the package. Some bumkin isn't going to come to maintain package > XYZ unless they know or use the package, and guess what? That means > experience.
I think this assumption is false. People maintain packages they don't know the intricate details of all the time. You are of course, free to ignore any and all suggestions offered; but you are not allowed to silence them. -Alec -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
