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Date:      Tue, 25 Jun 2019 19:26:26 +1000
From:      Kubilay Kocak <koobs@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Piotr Kubaj <pkubaj@anongoth.pl>
Cc:        "Tobias C. Berner" <tcberner@gmail.com>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r505045 - head/sysutils/plasma5-ksysguard
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On 25/06/2019 7:13 pm, Piotr Kubaj wrote:
> OK then, I get the meaning of this flag now.
> 
> Still, it would be good if you could post some FAQ on bugzilla so that 
> others know too :)

One can mouseover the flag names to get a description of its use, and 
what the various states (+,-, etc) mean.

We could probably improve discoverability of these help texts by adding 
some custom CSS

> On 19-06-25 18:45:33, Kubilay Kocak wrote:
>> On 25/06/2019 6:29 pm, Piotr Kubaj wrote:
>>> To be honest, I fail to see the meaning of this flag.
>>>
>>> If it's not about approval, then what does this flag actually mean? Only
>>> that "I acknowledge that there's a problem"?
>>
>> It means feedback is required. Feedback can take many forms. Not all
>> bugs are patch submissions requiring (only) approval from a maintainer.
>>
>> Take for example, a bug report without a patch. maintainer-feedback? is
>> set when issue is created. The maintainer comes back with 'i can
>> reproduce the problem' and sets maintainer-feedback + (feedback
>> provided). Triage sets need-patch keyword requesting a patch to fix the
>> issue and sets maintainer-feedback? again, feedback this time being in
>> the form of a patch.
>>
>>> Then maybe work-in-progress? As in, the maintainer is working on the 
>>> fix.
>>
>> This doesn't cover feedback of forms that don't involve work/patches,
>> the vast majority, and this is already covered by needs-patch keyword in
>> any case.
>>
>> Again, if there's any way to improve the maintainer-feedback flag name
>> to not mean 'approval' (as thats not what its for), I'd been keen to
>> hear ideas.
>>
>>
>>> On 19-06-25 11:59:32, Kubilay Kocak wrote:
>>>> On 25/06/2019 6:27 am, Piotr Kubaj wrote:
>>>>> OK, for me maintainer-feedback entry means that the patch is accepted.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I wasn't a committer, I used to set maintainer-feedback to 
>>>>> indicate
>>>>> that I accept the patch. When I send PR's nowadays, some maintainers
>>>>> also do that.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 19-06-24 21:54:56, Tobias C. Berner wrote:
>>>>>> I set maintainer feedback, because I, as the maintainer gave you the
>>>>>> feedback, that "I think this is wrong" :)
>>>>>> If I liked that patch, I would have set the patch-approved flag on 
>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All that said, thanks for "fixing" it, but I still would prefer a 
>>>>>> real
>>>>>> fix,
>>>>>> that we can upstream rather than that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mfg Tobias
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 at 21:46, Piotr Kubaj <pkubaj@anongoth.pl> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oh, I didn't use "implicit". Doesn't maintainer-feedback + mean that
>>>>>>> it's
>>>>>>> accepted?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 19-06-24 21:34:09, Tobias C. Berner wrote:
>>>>>>> >Moin moin
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >Sorry, but I explicitely did not approve this :) so using implicit
>>>>>>> on it,
>>>>>>> >is a bit of a crappy move.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >mfg Tobias
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 at 20:11, Piotr Kubaj <pkubaj@freebsd.org> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >> Author: pkubaj
>>>>>>> >> Date: Mon Jun 24 18:10:55 2019
>>>>>>> >> New Revision: 505045
>>>>>>> >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/505045
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> Log:
>>>>>>> >>   sysutils/plasma5-ksysguard: fix build with GCC-based
>>>>>>> architectures
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>   Link with libinotify explicitly to fix linking on GCC
>>>>>>> architectures.
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>   PR:           238702
>>>>>>> >>   Approved by:  tcberner (maintainer, mentor)
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> Modified:
>>>>>>> >>   head/sysutils/plasma5-ksysguard/Makefile
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> Modified: head/sysutils/plasma5-ksysguard/Makefile
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> ============================================================================== 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >> --- head/sysutils/plasma5-ksysguard/Makefile    Mon Jun 24
>>>>>>> 18:07:12 2019
>>>>>>> >>       (r505044)
>>>>>>> >> +++ head/sysutils/plasma5-ksysguard/Makefile    Mon Jun 24
>>>>>>> 18:10:55 2019
>>>>>>> >>       (r505045)
>>>>>>> >> @@ -23,5 +23,6 @@ OPTIONS_SUB=  yes
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>  INOTIFY_DESC=          Filesystem alteration notifications using
>>>>>>> inotify
>>>>>>> >>  INOTIFY_LIB_DEPENDS=   libinotify.so:devel/libinotify
>>>>>>> >> +INOTIFY_LDFLAGS=       -linotify
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>  .include <bsd.port.mk>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What could we (bugmeister) name the flag so that it was clear that
>>>>
>>>> a) The flag is about needing feedback
>>>> b) The flag has nothing to do with / does not mean approval?
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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