Quoting Philip Hands (2022-02-25 11:38:25) > Jonas Smedegaard <jo...@jones.dk> writes: > > ... > > Yes, which means you can fast-track for *THAT* reason - unrelated to > > code smell, which is specifically what I was talking about. > > I understand that you were reacting to the idea that one can just > stomp on the existing packaging simply because it "smells bad", but I > don't think that was really what was being suggested. > > I took Andreas's question to be more about: > > If a package is obviously suffering badly from neglect, and urgently > needs an upload anyway, is it reasonable to fix as many problems as > you can while you are at it, or should one only do the bare minimum > to get past the RC bug that's prompting the upload? > > Having looked at how it was done, I applaud Andreas for doing a proper > job. > > If the package gets any attention from the maintainer in future, I > would guess that the fact that the package is now in a much better > state will be rather motivating. > > If the maintainer happens to disagree with any of the changes, each is > in a separate commit, so would be very easily reverted, but every > change seemed like a worthwhile improvement to me.
I fully agree. Thanks for your folowup. I already posted what was intended as communicating somewhat same as above, but since there is a real risk that I failed at getting that message across, I explicitly confirm here as well :-) - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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