On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Nathan Kurz <n...@verse.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Felipe Balbi <ba...@kernel.org> wrote: >> I just thought that such a small patch which causes no visible change to >> SVN users and allow for git users to build R would be acceptable, but if >> it isn't, that's fine too. > > Felipe --- > > It would appear that you are unaware that you are walking a minefield > of entrenched positions and personality conflicts. For those like > myself who are mystified by the positions taken in this thread, a > partial back story may be helpful. > > In 2012, Han-Tak Leung reported a problem compiling the development > version of R that he had checked out using git's svn compability > feature: https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2012-October/065133.html > You forgot to mention that, in February of 2013, Hin-Tak reported that Matrix did not build with the R trunk since October, 2012; but it turned out not to build because he didn't have a subversion checkout. https://mailman.stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2013-February/065858.html
> In 2013, Brian Ripley applied a patch with the comment "trap HK Leung > misuse" explicitly to prevent users from being able to do this: > https://github.com/wch/r-source/commit/4f13e5325dfbcb9fc8f55fc6027af9ae9c7750a3 > > Shortly thereafter, Han-Tak tried to start discussion on this list > about that patch, suggesting that preventing the use of non-SVN > mirrors reduced the frequency with which development versions would be > tested: > https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2013-March/066128.html > > The opinions expressed on the thread were universally against Leung. > Peter Dalgaard summarized as: > "The generic point is that you are given access to a working tool that > is internal to the core R developers. We are not putting restrictions > on what you do with that access, but if you want to play the game by > other rules than we do, you need to take the consequences. If things > don't work and you start complaining about them being "broken", steps > may be taken to make it clearer who broke them." > https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2013-March/066131.html > > As a newcomer hoping to contribute to R who had already encountered > this same compilation issue and considered it was a bug, I am > astounded to learn that it is instead desired and intentional > behavior. > > --nate > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel -- Joshua Ulrich | about.me/joshuaulrich FOSS Trading | www.fosstrading.com ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
