Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2008 mails)

["David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dominique Leuenberger wrote:
> > > > On 4/14/2009 at 11:28, "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Is it me or are all your mails a little bit 'cranky' ? Might be just me 
> associating it very closely to the name. Whenever I read C. Ranking I already
> know another cranky mail is coming in.
>
> Maybe writing your mails in a more pragmatic and objective way would help 
> everybody:
> - The mails would be easier to read
> - They would be much more motivating to actually be read
> - Any issue found in them might actually also be solved
>
> If a package breaks like the one you mention here, then a note to the package 
> maintainer is surely not wrong. If you want a fully supported system,
> then using a dozen of OBS repos clearly IS wrong.
>
> Dominique

        Probable cause:  Lack of sleep from trying to help my favorite distro 
keep
from going over a cliff.

        I'll try to pull back on the dry sarcasm a bit, but you know as they 
say, "the
truth hurts sometimes..."

        Further, and in direct response to your statement above, can you please
explain to me what is wrong with me using
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/database/ as a repository on
my system? I do make heavy use of server apps and do like to stay current with
changes so I don't experience culture shock with the wave of changes that come
with each new releases. It softens the blow so to speak.

        Next, also let me know, if it is no longer proper or appreciated for 
members
of the community to try the new packages out and identify any problems with
them. I always thought that was rather helpful so that any problem could be
corrected and prevented from propagating into the next release. If that's not
OK anymore, I'll stop and let someone else do it.

        I've been managing my boxes in the same manner, with a number of 
repositories
since at least 10.0 (I don't think we had near the number of repos with
8.0-9.3), but it has only been in the last 6 months that packages seem to be
broken on a regular basis. I find and document the problems and I find them,
put the information out on the list for peer review, and file bug reports when
appropriate. I really fail to see an issue with that.

        

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