On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am sending this because, we have a lot of FTBFS packages which I have > see at least one blog griping about, I accidentally fixed something that > was blocking other work (in the sense that I didn't know that other work > that I wouldn't have to do was waiting for this problem to be solved) and > I fixed something for someone that asked for help in a roundabout way. > > We are all not experts in everything and it isn't a problem to ask for > help if you are stuck on something for a package. Someone else on the > devl list (or one of the programming language specific lists) may be able > to easily solve a problem that you could spend hours on without making > a lot of progress. > > For those that can help, doing so is a good idea. By removing a blocker > you let someone else do work they can do on Fedora. By showing them > the resolution, they may be able to resolve similar situations when they > see them again, including cases when other developers run across the > problem. It's nice to help your fellow contributors. Fixing things makes > Fedora better for everyone. Seconded. And if anyone has gcc47 or libpng FTBFS issues, this is a great place to ask for help on them. -J > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel -- in your fear, seek only peace in your fear, seek only love -d. bowie -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
