-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 28 Dec 2013 15:11:41 +0000 Markos Chandras <hwoar...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> I feel that this thread is a sign that > there is a problem on how the new QA communicates problems with the > developers that cause them. This thread can also be perceived as the results of intentionally introducing and reintroducing a repoman warning; while some will read this as an accusation, others read this as a regression. And while you mention us, we're not alone in this happening; but let's not blame... There are always two sides to this, and we should focus on neither. Two problems can be seen here, both are very clear; the first is a repoman warning (which is QA communication), the second are multiple reverts. The former has been communicated before this ML thread by Patrick; the latter has been communicated in my very first answer, which package.use.mask solution has been implemented later by Lars. > I read the entire thread and I still don't > think there is an agreement on who broke the tree and why. The discussion is based on some questions that are hard to agree on: 1. How much of a problem is an unused USE flag in metadata.xml? 2. Should such repoman warnings be fixed? By whom? When? How? 3. Can USE flags actually be removed from stable ebuilds? 4. ... Because this can yield quite some bike-shedding; the alternative "out of the box thinking" package.use.mask solution satisfies both parties, which renders that discussion unnecessary. Nobody has objected this. > Would a > private discussion be better before going publicly with accusations? Yes, people can join #gentoo-qa or mail us and we're happy to discuss. - -- With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : tom...@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSvv27AAoJEJWyH81tNOV9ytoIALxo84RfrvER1x8q7rJX7wxP DcLp50YPWoxngvdrVmw9+ejIakNqlRXujXx2QTt8EHoFu+2YSm1Ww1b4QhWiDk0P Gsbw7deIfFE8GIG5l624roIDG7+434ACvIJF5WwoMuo199wRJMM7RurIOiDrEyI4 VWg3S83bU9gAcO1qsL0PxR1HK0aDuzqB2MXqbyBpqeX653kkxFn4JWBESp8XFvY0 lDZhQJuucbNYWeO5ir106rtXFTP75D7CkYFH5RYZ3MmuD1eDLRZW/ep4EAa+1j0V 3gm4L/AL4ol+SbBOYsoL9/nn3AB/J9fNDsQFoer7azDjxOzmNm5/5FeBiix/A/I= =Mxd1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
