On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 02:19:55AM GMT, Sam James wrote: > Hi, Hi Sam, > I had a request to bump man-pages in Gentoo [0] and I must admit that > I've been fatigued recently, both by other work, but also the large > number of build system changes between man-pages releases. > > I already try to review all build system changes but Recent Events (TM) > means that one must take even more care and not be fatigued by changes. > > man-pages in particular is a critical package and if I can't review its > changes properly, I can't package updates to it. [...] > Alex already knows my feelings on homebrew complex Makefiles so I won't > repeat them here, but I will say that homebrew complex Makefiles > combined with a high amount of regular refactoring makes life much > harder. > > Please consider either getting all the refactoring out of the way if > possible or reducing the amount of churn in the build system. > > [0] https://bugs.gentoo.org/930798 I see you still haven't packaged any new man-pages versions since then. Take all the time you need, but if there's anything specific where I can help, just let me know. Have a lovely day! Alex > > thanks, > sam -- <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
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