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There was a month delay because the packager who first submitted +</I>><i> it to QA failed to provide an update for Mageia 2. That person also failed +</I>><i> to make any comment whatsoever, while being aware that questions had been +</I>><i> raised. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Let me be clear, I know we're all busy, and I don't expect things to be +</I>><i> fixed right away all the time. However, we need to communicate. Even if +</I>><i> you don't have time to fix something, if you know there are issues, and you +</I>><i> have some input to give on it, give it. I really don't appreciate being +</I>><i> ignored for a month, and then when someone else tries to help, all of +</I>><i> sudden you (not you Maarten) finally speak up and complain about what has +</I>><i> been done. +</I> +i do understand, however, as i said, even though QA might be ignored, i think +QA still would have to validate it, when QA reads this and sees no response, +imho :-( . + +><i> > also, i notice that noone seemed to have pointed out the tester that in +</I>><i> > fact that dependency isn't required. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> But it is used by the default configuration, so a suggests is appropriate. +</I>><i> Our packages should be functional out of the box. +</I> +iiuc, the qa team member says it's required, and not suggested, and noone from +packaging team thought about mentioning that it should be a suggests. (of +course, i didn't know this, but suspected it) + +><i> > i also see that some sentences look harsh to one of both sides here. (or +</I>><i> > at +</I>><i> > least to me). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Yes, that is true. Both sides could tone it down, and it is really not +</I>><i> appropriate to have that kind of argument in public on Bugzilla (IMO). +</I></PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="017188.html">[Mageia-dev] Security updates - Help needed (also forgot avidemux and gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg) +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="017180.html">[Mageia-dev] Security updates - Help needed (also forgot avidemux and gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg) +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#17190">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#17190">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#17190">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#17190">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |