On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Bryan O'Sullivan <bos(a)serpentine.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Miles Sabin
<miles(a)milessabin.com> wrote:
> Auto-generation isn't a bad thing per-se, surely?
Right. The real problem is jumping the gun by spamming us with review
requests without ever checking to see if the basic approach is even
right to begin with.
OK, but aside from the spamming, was his approach *actually wrong* as
in: his script was producing broken packages, irreparably. Talking
about "drive by submissions" and "junk" without giving the guy a
chance to fix things seems a bit uncharitable. You're too busy right
now? Fine, what harm would it have done to send him a polite note and
leave things for a week or two?
He's clearly enthusiastic, and with some pointers in the right
direction he might make a significant contribution to getting the
Fedora Haskell package landscape looking a lot more healthy than it
does right now. Let's hope he comes back ...
Cheers,
Miles