On Tue, 2020-08-18 at 11:58 -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 11:48 AM Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > On Tue, 2020-08-18 at 15:36 +0000, Peter Stuge wrote: > > > Joonas Niilola wrote: > > > > some of you may already have seen the new packages.gentoo.org page, > > > > https://packages.gentoo.org/ > > > > > > I had not seen that - that's wonderful! > > > > > > I would just request that /packages/ is removed from the start of > > > package URLs. I understand how this makes request routing more > > > complicated, but I consider it a significant usability improvement. > > > > > > > > > ..anyway: > > > > > > > I'm suggesting of adding a new metadata flag to our Wiki's > > > > User:/Project: page which then prints a message to this page saying > > > > whether the maintainer (be it project or user), "accepts" or "deals > > > > with" Github contributions. The wording can be a bit better, but it'd be > > > > there to **notify** our **contributors** whether their time and effort > > > > will most likely be wasted making a pull request for this particular > > > > maintainer. > > > > > > I think this is a very good feature. > > > > > > If I ever do become a proper Gentoo developer I will certainly not spend > > > any time on anything to do with GitHub, and in my current position of > > > occasional contributor I don't either. The workflow imposed by GitHub > > > isn't good and it's important to demonstrate other methods. > > > > > > > Read: it's important to slap users to satisfy developer's wannabes. > > This sentence makes no sense, but it seems to be saying something rude. > > Would you like to clarify? >
If user puts effort to make a good contribution, the developer shouldn't be rejecting it to 'demonstrate other methods'. This is the horrible attitude that kills the project. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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