-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I think, resolving as UPSTREAM might be more logical as we can't force every upstream to fix their *borked* build system and the bug will be left open forever.
Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò yazmış: > Guys, please remember that if you work something around, you should > _not_ close the bug as RESO FIXED but keep the bug open so that the > issue can be addressed and fixed _properly_. Otherwise we'll end up with > ebuilds full of workarounds without even documentation on why the > workaround is applied! > > With workarounds I mean, as examples: > > - FEATURES=test failures; > - broken parallel make that requires -j1; > - flags filtering, included -Wl,--no-as-needed appending > > This is important because: > > a) we want test to work or get fixed upstream; > b) we want users to get parallel build if they request parallel build; > c) we want --as-needed to be used, not ignored. > > If the bug is open and comes out on searches and all the rest, then we > have higher chances that someone might _fix_ it, without having to look > to see if there actually is one... > > Thanks! > - -- Sincerely, Serkan KABA Gentoo/Java -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkkgTssACgkQRh6X64ivZaJq7gCfUSK2fcYQTXeddGfcM0xBLx2S elQAn3S0hc62XuLrubvpn7kCQhwfiIim =mvB8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
