On Tuesday 05 August 2008 16:16:25 Alec Warner wrote: > That being said you are free to chat to Zac about the changes
We've already spoken to him about the changes several times, and it's quite clear that he either can't or won't understand why it's bad to make incompatible changes without thinking of the consequences or telling anyone else who might be affected, leaving them to find out months later when their users complain about their systems being broken by an ebuild that relies the secret new behaviour. He didn't even give an explanation of why the change is needed; just that it's more consistent, which is true but certainly not a valid reason to break things, and that he "didn't consider it to be especially noteworthy", indicating that he should perhaps start thinking things through more carefully in the future.
