Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/mk/pkgformat/pkg

[Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%joyent.com@localhost>]

* On 2015-02-02 at 12:32 GMT, OBATA Akio wrote:

> Module Name:  pkgsrc
> Committed By: obache
> Date:         Mon Feb  2 12:32:49 UTC 2015
> 
> Modified Files:
>       pkgsrc/mk/pkgformat/pkg: metadata.mk
> 
> Log Message:
> Revert
>  introduce MESSAGE_SRC_DFLT, same as PLIST_SRC_DFLT for PLIST_SRC.
> proposed/discussed is required for such changes.

Please stop these reverts.  Whilst I understand your frustration with
regards to the unlink changes, all of these other commits have nothing
to do with that discussion, and the reverts are potentially harmful.

I haven't seen any objections to the changes you are reverting, and
even if there were the correct course of action is to discuss them and
then - and only then - revert if that is the agreed consensus.

Once something has been committed to pkgsrc we are committed to
supporting it.  By removing these features you are potentially
breaking users of pkgsrc who have their own local packages, wip, etc.

This is why we work hard to ensure that what does get committed is
supportable in the long-term, and that once something has been
committed there must be consensus on its removal, regardless of who
the original author was.

Please can you therefore:

 - Stop any more reverts.

 - Put back the code that you removed, except for the unlink change.

 - Submit a proposal to tech-pkg@ for the unlink change so that we can
   discuss it.

Many thanks,

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Jonathan Perkin  -  Joyent, Inc.  -  www.joyent.com