On Wed, 3 Feb 2016 16:04:19 +0000, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
When a provenpackager is rebuilding *hundreds* of packages at once,
and trying to deal with maybe dozens of build failures, sending emails
to all the package owners and waiting to see if they respond promptly
is not an efficient way to get things fixed. Waiting for a reply adds
a lot of latency, and then you have to context-switch back to a
package you were dealing with a day or two ago. That's impractical
when you have a patch ready to go now and loads more packages to look
at.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Provenpackager_policy
| Provenpackagers should try to communicate with owners of a package in
| bugzilla, irc or email prior to making changes.
| They should be careful not to change other people's packages needlessly
| and try to do the minimal changes required to fix problems, as explained
| more in depth in the policy explaining who is allowed to modify which
| packages.
| ->
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Who_is_allowed_to_modify_which_packages
Even if says "should" two times, Jerry refers to "no prior contact"
and
a version upgrade to alpha level software. That doesn't sound like anything
provenpackagers should do within arbitrary packages.
I wonder whether a message at the top would have changed the provenpackager's
mind?
Sometimes a provenpackager will make a bad change, and that's
unfortunate, but it happens. Sometimes package owners make bad changes
too! :-)
You're taking it too lightly. Somebody who performs version upgrades really
needs to take care of a package and incoming problem reports as well.