On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 12:00:40PM -0400, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
I think the thing that the problems packagers are looking at is the
following:
1) They are going to have 'non-upstream' patches for all their
software.. which is just one more thing to keep up with every update.
2) Most of this software is not stuff they care about. It is branches
on a tree for the only reason they packaged it up in the first place.
So it is busy work from what they want.
3) This isn't the only rodeo they are putting this package in. So this
patch set looks like a special snowflake patch they have to keep up
with.
4) There is a difference between rules written down and rules in
action. While the rule has been this should be done, the fact that so
many packages have never done so and no one has pulled them for that..
says the real rule is it is not needed. Making a written rule an
action rule takes enforcement which always causes resistance.
Good summary, and I definitely understand *these* problems. Just not
the other one. :)
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Matthew Miller
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