Dealing with the "my packages" problem
Orion Poplawski
orion at cora.nwra.com
Thu Nov 19 14:44:54 UTC 2015
On 11/18/2015 02:49 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> Just as a general note on this thread: if you're a packager and you
> have a genuine reason why people should be careful about touching your
> package, or follow some specific process when doing so, or there's
> something that people might think they should change but they
> shouldn't, there is already a pretty effective way of dealing with
> this:
>
> ** PUT A COMMENT IN THE SPEC FILE **
>
> this is extremely easy to do, and extremely difficult for anyone who
> touches it to claim they didn't see.
I like this and think it covers this issue pretty well. Coupled with a
much needed "get over it - it's not *your* package" attitude shift.
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Orion Poplawski
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