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<H1>[Mageia-dev] packaging savoir-vivre</H1>
<B>Maarten Vanraes</B>
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<PRE>Op zaterdag 31 december 2011 18:42:22 schreef nicolas vigier:
><i> On Wed, 28 Dec 2011, Maarten Vanraes wrote:
</I>><i> > imho the best solution is that everyone checks if there's a maintainer
</I>><i> > for it and asks maintainer first...
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > i mean, it's all nice that it's in the spec file, but i think people who
</I>><i> > bump, rarely look inside spec file... (not saying any names)
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</I>><i> So you think people who don't take the time to look at spec file before
</I>><i> submiting something will want to take the time to ask maintainer ?
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</I>><i> It's a good idea to ask maintainer before making important or possibly
</I>><i> controversial changes, but for simple or obvious changes it's not really
</I>><i> needed. In that case, if for some reason a package should not be
</I>><i> submited, it's a good idea to add a comment in the spec file. It's also
</I>><i> a good idea to check the diff between current and pristine before
</I>><i> submiting a package.
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and also a good idea to check if a package has a maintainer and at the very
least notify him/her.
- if (s)he makes mistakes, that's already useful
- but what's more, you could indeed be making some changes, which could be
ignored.
i don't know about you, but if there's a problem i have the fix for for a
package that's maintained by others, i think it's good form to notify them
with the patch so that they can do it; if they don't, you still can.
unless it's really urgent that you fix this now... i don't see the need/reason
to just bypass the maintainer completely. (unless you have an understanding
with said maintainer; then, it's a different thing)
the changes you make to his/her package, (s)he has to maintain and get bugfixes
for...
imho this is no more than just common politeness...
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