2011/3/20 Khem Raj <[email protected]>: > On 3/19/2011 1:28 AM, Frans Meulenbroeks wrote: [...] >> >> Well, I do feel it is one of them, and that is the maintainer of the >> package (who might be the original author). >> >> To me being the maintainer of a recipe says that one cares about a >> recipe and tries to maintain it (as the word says :-) ) >> Maintainership comes with responsibilities. If people do not want to >> take these responsibilities then they should not list themselves as >> maintainer. >> I have seen too many incidents where someone does not care about a >> package or bugs submitted to it, but if someone else steps in and >> fixes things, then suddenly the original author or maintainer feels >> they are stepped onto their toes, and react hostile. > > Its always good to get reviews from people who have prior experience even if > it comes in ways you don't like since in the end it makes the software > better. A little attitude adjustment is however needed sometimes :)
May I nominate that last sentence for understatement of the year? > >> >> Btw this is the main reason I stopped trying to fix bugs that do not >> affect me (apart from the recipes I maintain). > > Thats pretty selfish view of world I must say in a community of volunteers > :) Sorry but the smiley escapes me. If you feel it is selfish, that is your opinion. I prefer to call it self-protection. I have no interest any more to get rude comments. It brought too much frustration and irritation. And as my work apparently not appreciated, I decided to cut back on my effort, also because I dio not have a home project any more that uses OE. Bash a volunteer often enough and at some point he'll not be volunteering any more. What OE really needs is a more positive atmosphere towards each other. Frans. PS: another reason to wind down my effort is the yocto migration I see going on. I have no interest to become an unpaid resource for Intel and the other LF member companies. _______________________________________________ Openembedded-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel
