On 03/28/2012 12:16 PM, Mo Morsi wrote:
> On 03/28/2012 03:36 AM, Bohuslav Kabrda wrote:
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> On 03/27/2012 03:14 AM, Bohuslav Kabrda wrote:
>>>> One more email from me:
>>>> I don't know if you have been following the discussion about the
>>>> new Ruby Guidelines at the fpc ticket [1] or at the packaging list
>>>> (mainly, see last 3 comments, which summarize current state), but
>>>> this week (wednesday, 17:00 UTC), the fpc is going to finish the
>>>> draft, vote on it and close it. Please, if anyone of you has
>>>> something to add, write it to the ticket or come to the meeting, I
>>>> myself am going to be there to discuss the remaining things.
>>>> This is really the last chance to alter something, so I would
>>>> highly appreciate if more of us could come to the meeting or at
>>>> least support our opinions at the ticket.
>>>> We've been trying hard to carry through as much of our draft as we
>>>> could, together with Vit (who is now enjoying a well deserved
>>>> vacation). I hope you will find our opinions on the fpc changes
>>>> reasonable and will support us. (And if you don't find our
>>>> opinions reasonable, there is still time to say so, at least.)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot!
>>>>
>>> Hey guys really appreciate the hard effort. Will try to make the FPC
>>> meeting (this is on #fedora-meeting-1 right).
>>>
>>> Just glancing over the new guidelines real quick, overall they look
>>> good, but the extended bits to build gems does look like its going to
>>> be
>>> a PITA. I understand the reasoning behind it, but seems to add alot
>>> of
>>> overhead (and reading your last comment on the trac issue, will there
>>> be
>>> situations when it doesn't work?). Also would like to discuss some of
>>> the other bits such as all rubygems providing ruby(libraryname) and
>>> the
>>> bits about interpreter independence.
>>>
>> Well, I agree with you on the building to be a great PITA, but fpc guys are 
>> pretty touchy about that one after last Vit's email on this on packaging 
>> list [1], so I guess we will have to accept that (from a certain point of 
>> view, they are right, but I still believe that our solution would be better, 
>> as I have stated in my last comment in the fpc ticket).
>> As for the provides, I am thinking the same and I've been arguing about that 
>> with Toshio for a while. The problem he doesn't see is, that according to 
>> his proposal, we can have a non-gem library, which provides ruby(foo) and a 
>> rubygem-foo, which also provides ruby(foo), which will then result into 
>> unexpected behaviour when requiring ruby(foo). I also wrote that in my last 
>> comment on the fpc ticket and I will bring it up on the meeting.
>> Finally, please expect some maybe-not-so-friendly atmosphere, because there 
>> were some heated discussions on the packaging list. The fpc members complain 
>> that we don't listen to them and want to do things our way, but they 
>> basically do the same - they changed the draft without understanding ruby 
>> (or consulting with us first) and in some cases they were very wrong, but 
>> still arguing about it in the way "Look, I don't understand Ruby, but...", 
>> which in turn made me and Vit very non-happy (which was expressed in our 
>> reactions ;)). I would however very much like to try to throw all that away 
>> and start all over with Ruby-SIG<->FPC relations (if someone form fpc reads 
>> this, yes, I know we have our differencies, but we have to work together, so 
>> let's calm down everybody and start again).
>>
>>
> Understood, sometimes alot can be lost in translation over text based
> communication as well (tone of voice is very important in conveying
> emotion and feeling during dialog, something which gets lost in text).
>
> In any case, is the packaging meeting happening today? Unless I'm
> totally off its 17:15UTC and I'm in #fedora-meeting-1 but it doesn't
> seem to have started.
>
>   -Mo
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Doy I'm an hour off, good I'm early and not late though ;-)

  -Mo
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