Dear people, The GNOME Project, one of the biggest projects in openSUSE is throwing out the source code in .xz (LZMA). This is quite fun and there's obvious benefits on it, the problem that rises from this is the following: * Our build environments doesn't support .xz sources; * We're required to add "BuildRequires: xz" to the spec files; * Some projects require us to add comments to the "BR xz" entries refering to bnc#697467; * Some projects require us to add the same stuff in the changelog entries; In the last times I've seen a growing demonstration of attitudes in the scope of "We dont give a flying fuck about you or your needs" (that's how I see it). The Project Management is growing arrogant and following a potential hidden agenda and ignoring everything that doesn't sound nice to them. While we move forward (or some at least) into dangerous fields like systemd, btrfs, the proposed changes from Fedora to the filesystem structure and friends... the stuff that we really could use to improve productivity and our work is being left behind. So I bring this tiny issue to your attention, so that any kind soul can provide a technical explanation on why we can have 'xz' supported on our build environments... and why we're required to insert dumbass comments that no one can explain. If the Project Leadership is unable to answer with a technical explanation for this, you should seriously consider resigning and opening your spot to someone who has some balls to change things up and at least provide a reasonable explanation for this.... at the risk of loosing every independent contributor that still donates some of their free time to openSUSE. NM PS: If you don't like the tone, live with it, I return in double whatever is granted to me. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org