5. If Fedora is a language for developers how am I supposed to develop for other systems? And if I do this development why do I then have to carry this patch for this one OS when if I did the development on Ubuntu and put it in Universe I don't? On 30 March 2017 at 12:10, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. :) > > -- > Matthew Miller > <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Fedora Project Leader > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Stephen J Smoogen. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
