On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > That's all I'm saying. It's being made a whole lot less pleasant that it > might be... for what reason? Just to satisfy someone's ego that they're > right and can /force/ compliance? Yuck!
Honestly, while I might agree with that sentiment on some of these threads, my only complaint with Ciaran's original response was that he could have been a bit more direct with his concern. Rather than stating that EXTRA_* does not exist as far as ebuilds go, he could have just stated that PMS does not allow these variables to be used by an ebuild. However, the reply to that email makes it clear that even though it was unstated Ciaran's meaning was understood. Sure, he didn't get into the why, but I'm not sure I'd expect that. I'd probably state it, but I'm probably the second-most-verbose person on this list. :) If somebody filed a bug against my package and pointed out that something was illegal per PMS, probably the first thing I'd do is read it to fully understand the situation, and then if I had a concern I'd probably ask via irc/private email/etc. That is as much to avoid making a fool out of myself in public, but also because when somebody who is obviously knowledgeable points out something they consider a flaw, it isn't a bad idea to give their concern full consideration. Sure, if PMS is wrong it ought to be fixed, but the whole point of having specifications is that you don't toss them the moment you don't like what they say. Then again, I work on regulated software in my real job, and even if the spec is wrong changing it still involves a process - you don't just ignore it (any behavior in violation of the spec is an automatic bug - even if the bug is to fix the spec - and unless pretty trivial is justification to prevent release (often this is done anyway since it is usually less work to just fix the problem than justify to the world not doing it)). In any case, it is best to not take these sorts of things personally all around. Most of us are here because our perverse tastes consider this stuff fun! :) Might as well keep it that way... Rich
