On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:05:04AM +0000, Xyne wrote:
Ionut Biru wrote:
mate, you did something wrong, stop trying to find out excuses for your actions.
please do not delete builds like that anymore, leave comments about any issues with the build and give them time to accommodate with the changes
This.
Obliterating votes and comments and forcing the user to recreate the package does not help anyone, and one minute is not enough to read a comment, address the issue and re-upload the package even if the maintainer is glued to the chair slamming F5. It discourages new users from continuing to contribute and it leaves a very bad impression of the TUs and Arch by extension.
Did you actually read what I explained what I did? because your first sentence would cause me to believe you didn't. I specifically said I did not delete any packages that had comments on them or any substantial amount of votes. This one packages that is being complained about had 3 votes, that is 2 more than any other packages, and all of the other ones were only voted on by the maintainer.
Bartłomiej Piotrowski wrote:
What's the point of your drama? It was perfectly correct to remove it (especially if it was new package). You reuploaded and fixed it. Everyone is happy, hurray!
Everyone is clearly not happy. If you honestly think that it's just "drama" when a user has a valid complaint about an overzealous TU then I think you need to reconsider your viewpoint. TUs are not beyond scrutiny. If anything we should be held to a higher standard than other users.
The users complaint is valid. Fine, he asked for it to be merged to the new package name, and I missed it on aur-general. How about this, I would like to lodge a complaint against the TU that merged the package in the first place without checking for it's validity and following of packaging guidelines.
As for my own anecdote, you will find many comments from me linking to updated PKGBUILDs that I kindly *recommend* to the maintainer. I wait a few weeks for a reply and then either post again or email the maintainer. I think it is the most effective way encourage users to adhere to packaging standards and adopt better PKGBUILD styles.
YES ABSOLUTELY! I do this, all the time! Including on one of yours today! Right after you complained about environment variables not being quoted because they might include spaces.
Alexander Rødseth wrote:
tl;dr Ioni is always right
What alternate reality is this? :P
I have no comment
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