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Date:      Fri, 6 Jan 2006 13:20:47 +0000
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To:        Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, koma2@lovepeers.org, Panagiotis Astithas <past@ebs.gr>
Subject:   Re: Portupgrade confused about editors/emacs
Message-ID:  <20060106132047.GA86645@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <43BE63E7.4060209@rogers.com>
References:  <834B3A07-EC76-4645-8E1B-7ABEA4EC999A@submonkey.net> <43BE57E9.9060507@rogers.com> <43BE61C9.9060502@ebs.gr> <43BE63E7.4060209@rogers.com>

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On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 07:34:47AM -0500, Mike Jakubik wrote:
> Panagiotis Astithas wrote:
> >Mike Jakubik wrote:
> >>If you are using portupgrade-2.0.1 then know that its broken, and=20
> >>cant deal with moved ports well. The issue has been brought up many=20
> >>times, but it doesn't seem like anything is being done about it. A=20
> >>continuing trend for freebsd it seems.
> >
> >I think that's a little harsh for a port that has been updated three=20
> >times this week. Indeed, the last commit message shows that the=20
> >maintainer (CC'ed) was trying to fix the emacs ordering issue. Perhaps=
=20
> >he missed something.
> >
>=20
> Its not harsh, its reality. If you are going to contribute, don't=20
> contribute broken code. If its broken, fix it. If you cant fix it, back=
=20
> it out until its ready. I have been using freebsd since 2.x and i can=20
> tell you that the quality of freebsd is slowly declining, more and more=
=20
> broken code is being committed, and its not being address properly. A=20
> perfect example of this is the recent RCng commits to 6-STABLE. The=20
> ports are clearly not ready for this, yet its been committed and left.=20
> Now many ports refuse to work. This clearly breaks POLA.

While this may be true, it doesn't preclude the fact that you're acting
like a spoilt brat on this list over the last few days at least.  You
might wish to consider being more polite.

Ceri
--=20
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm
not sure about the former.			  -- Einstein (attrib.)

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