Rich Freeman posted on Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:25:53 -0400 as excerpted: > On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: >> [snip]
> 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. >From here, that looks like a distinction without a difference... > 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. :) =:^) (Current off-list context: There's a discussion currently going on, mdraid and lvm2, on scarabeus' "blag", with r0 and I both being rather heavy participants. =:^) > 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. Wise words, this and the rest. Thanks. FWIW, I believe I've said what I had to say and don't expect to be commenting much further on this, tho of course I reserve the right to change my mind if something drastically provoking comes up. (For I know if I wasn't explicit with that, something /would/ come up. It just works that way...) -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
