Stable Release Updates types proposal (was Re: Fedora Board Meeting Recap 2010-03-11)

[Simo Sorce]

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:19:45 +0000
Andy Green <andy at warmcat.com> wrote:

> On 03/12/10 15:11, Somebody in the thread at some point said:
> > Andy Green wrote:
> >
> >> On 03/12/10 00:45, Somebody in the thread at some point said:
> >>
> >>> If you are the user, then you should not be compiling
> >>> software. :-) You should be using some repository and that
> >>> repository is responsible for rebuilding the package.
> >>
> >> I tend to agree with what you have been writing but this seems
> >> wrong.
> >>
> >> I don't think I'm the only person who is using Fedora as a basis
> >> for homegrown apps, if what I want isn't in Fedora (because I am
> >> creating it locally) then I certainly will "compile software" as a
> >> Fedora user and the case must be considered.
> >
> > Uh, please read the context of my statement!
> >
> > I wrote:
> >> Huh? I have to compile the stuff I am developing very often anyway.
> >> Having to rebuild it once is not going to be the end of the world.
> >
> > Simo Sorce replied:
> >> It is if you are not the developer but the user.
> >
> > And I replied:
> >> If you are the user, then you should not be compiling software. :-)
> >
> > In this context, if you're writing homegrown apps, you're a
> > "developer", not a "user", so the above sentence obviously does not
> > apply. Instead, my original point does (you'll be compiling your
> > own software very often anyway).
> 
> It's a bit of a false dichotomy because I may be developing my stuff
> and using someone else's, but I take your point.

You can call it a straw man, no problem calling things as they are.

I love people quoting other people slightly out of context and putting
their spin on it to make a point ...

Simo.

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Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York