Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:37:14 +0300 From: Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org> To: pav@FreeBSD.org Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Pietro Cerutti <gahr@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/java/eclipseme Makefile distinfo pkg-plist Message-ID: <20080319153714.df825001.stas@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1205929480.76695.36.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz> References: <200803180100.m2I10QTD070047@repoman.freebsd.org> <20080318193855.0439b197.stas@FreeBSD.org> <20080318181546.GA10903@FreeBSD.org> <1205917353.76695.0.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz> <20080319091859.GA56200@FreeBSD.org> <1205921932.76695.14.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz> <20080319112314.GA76554@FreeBSD.org> <1205929480.76695.36.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz>
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On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:24:40 +0100 Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> mentioned: > Alexey Dokuchaev píše v st 19. 03. 2008 v 11:23 +0000: > > > I wonder what's wrong with coherent and sane policies? I don't expect > > it would be hard to come to agreement about muting/not muting > > mkdir's/installation statements. These things are not of the type people > > usually feel strongly about. > > I like the high level of creative freedom the maintainer is entitled to. > Rigid policies on unimportant details of style will kill the fun. > This freedom usually leads to insecure or simply broken-by-design ports in tree. For an extreme case take a look at gentoo foundation. I don't want to end up like them. Policies should always present, but had to be designed to not limit creativity, while enforcing rules. That's what you and the entire portmgr team exists for. -- Stanislav Sedov ST4096-RIPE
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