Watch Dog wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> 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
I fully support Ryan in this. I do know that many people consider anonymity on the net important - and I do see the value in certain cases - but I can't take a person in this case critizising pixilla and being anonymous seriously. WD :: Use your real name - or loose your standing !!! -- Bjarne D Mathiesen København N ; Danmark ; Europa ---------------------------------------------------------------------- denne besked er skrevet i et totalt M$-frit miljø MacOS X 10.7.3 Lion ; 2.8GHz Intel Core i7 ; 16GB 1067MHz DDR3 _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
