On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On May 23, 2012, at 10:06, Watch Dog wrote:
>
>> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Bjarne D Mathiesen wrote:
>>> Some recent changes that pixilla made to the port file breaks a normal
>>> install :
>>> https://trac.macports.org/ticket/34552
>>> https://trac.macports.org/changeset/93312
>>
>> Ah, yes, pixilla.  Commit w/o testing, again.  Maybe time to
>> reconsider commit privileges?
>
> We're all entitled to make a mistake every once in awhile. Bradley's commit 
> privileges are not getting revoked anytime soon. I'm very grateful to Bradley 
> for volunteering to take over the MySQL ports from me, for his work on the 
> almost 700 other ports he maintains, and for everything else he does for 
> MacPorts. Remember that we're volunteers here, and all we ask in return for 
> our work on MacPorts is a little patience and occasional appreciation. 
> Cooperation is great too: If you know how to fix #34552, by all means attach 
> a patch to that ticket.

Mistakes are one thing.  But this was a change to a working port and
the change broke a "normal install" of the port.  So it seems a safe
bet that the change was not tested adequately (maybe not at all).

Being a "volunteer" should not be equated with being unaccountable.

How to fix: revert until a proper fix is available.  Putting such an
important port in a broken state is not nice.

WD
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