On Fri, 6 Sep 2019 07:26:42 +1200
Kent Fredric <ken...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 09:04:23 -0500
> Gordon Pettey <petteyg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > You'll note the bit you quoted in defense of skipping review says
> > "changes", and the bit about new eclasses says "do not skip this step".  
> 
> Emphasis added:
> 
> -----
> BEFORE committing a NEW eclass to the tree, it SHOULD be emailed to the
> gentoo-dev mailing list with a justification and a proposed
> implementation. DO NOT SKIP this step — sometimes a better
> implementation or an alternative which does not require a new eclass
> will be suggested. 
> -----
> 
> 
> If its mandatory, it must say "MUST" not "SHOULD", SHOULD is a
> suggestion, following a suggestion with an imperative just adds
> predictable confusion.
> 
> Either fix the "should", or drop the "DO NOT SKIP".
> 
> Otherwise you're just giving mixed messages.

+1

-- 
James Le Cuirot (chewi)
Gentoo Linux Developer

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