Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 15:55:06 +0200 From: Pietro Cerutti <gahr@FreeBSD.org> To: marino@freebsd.org Cc: Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org>, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, owner-ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r392666 - head/audio/libgroove Message-ID: <3ffcf1791ab676bb611bc3989825e8e7@gahr.ch> In-Reply-To: <55AF9FA8.1030102@marino.st> References: <201507220652.t6M6qVFO094263@repo.freebsd.org> <d4dfd69de717fd8d4e5ef472408644e1@gahr.ch> <20150722122313.GA50653@FreeBSD.org> <20150722122531.GB50653@FreeBSD.org> <de0f94bb48432295c450da4dffbd4ba6@gahr.ch> <55AF9AAC.8000106@marino.st> <9e0f61d80cec95a2ff54af98f1421878@gahr.ch> <55AF9C0C.9040601@marino.st> <32BB3B72522CB1110A06CC56@ogg.in.absolight.net> <55AF9FA8.1030102@marino.st>
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On 2015-07-22 15:50, John Marino wrote: > On 7/22/2015 3:43 PM, Mathieu Arnold wrote: >> +--On 22 juillet 2015 15:35:08 +0200 John Marino >> <freebsd.contact@marino.st> wrote: >> | I knew that's what you meant, and that's what I'm talking about. >> The >> | expanded name is the defacto standard and this was hammered into me >> | during mentering. You're going out of your way to go against this >> | without explaining why, so I'm curious as to why. Danfe just didn't >> | make this up. >> >> The documentation says: >> >> If this line is present, future maintainers must >> not change or remove it except at the original author's >> request. >> >> So, I am wondering, what part of that sentence do all of you not get ? >> Is >> the "MUST NOT CHANGE OR REMOVE" not clear ? Of course, il only talks >> about >> future maintainers, I assume that committers understand that it >> applies to >> them even if they're not the maintainer. >> > > The intent is not clear. I assumed that "no change" was trying to > ensure credit was not lost. However, if the original email address was > gone, or some kind of nickname is used, I would have assumed that is > modifiable. > > Nothing is magic about this line; it's not even mandatory. So if you > are clarifying it is immutatable, then I'd like the reason documented > because it now escapes me. I was given the benefit of the doubt over > the literal meaning. The literal I don't think is good. > > So now please explain why it can't be changed if credit is maintained? Can my "Created by:" line be put back as it was, while you figure out an answer to your question, and while discussion is ongoing on whether the PHB must be changed according to your interpretation? -- Pietro Cerutti gahr@FreeBSD.org
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