Re: git: d128a409234d - main - editors/xed: update to 3.2.4

On Tue, Jul 05, 2022 at 04:52:51PM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 05, 2022 at 02:41:05PM +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> > ...
> > Why [the Created by is unfair]?
> 
> the discussion happened many time during the last 10 years.
> Many people complained (I'll let you dig our bugzilla for such cases)

I can't remember such cases.  If you claim there were many, you could've
at least give us keywords to search, if not the actual bug numbers. :)

> because some port were made quick & dirty pushed in the ports tree,
> then a "hero" clean up and maintain for years before moving elsewhere,
> the main credit remain to the initial porter.

If the quality of work does not justify the creator tag, don't give it,
or assign to the one who did the actual work.  I don't see the problem
here.  How does the sad fact that some people submit shit prevent us
from acknowledging the good work from others, which is the majority?

> Worse if you do something from that intial port for a reason or another
> (the repocopy ss it was was done a lot in the past) let say porta1 ->
> porta2. Even if the port was rewritten from scratch when the porta2 was
> proposed, because of the repocopy the Created by line was inherited,
> and if removed people like you do complain.

That's right, I'd probably complain.  But you're forgetting that I am
rational and easy to work with. :)  Example: I've originally created the
`www/choqok' port; in April 2018, Tobias updated it to 1.6.0 (kf5-based)
and moved the kde4 version to `www/choqok-kde4', dropping the attribution
on the new port.

When I've asked about it, he said "it has been kept in place in the port
you created: www/chokoq-kde4.  If you insist I can add it to the new one,
which you did not touch in anyway too...".  Guess what: I agreed and said
that while I'd myself normally keep original author during the repocopy
or resurrection (even in case if I have to replace almost all of their
work), I also understand that it might seem weird or not very applicable,
just as it was that very time.

Notice how well Tobias had handled this in 2018, by his quote alone.  Why
can't we keep the same level of conversation and mutual respect without
enforcing more and more stupid restrictions on how we porters do our work
and get our fun and satisfaction?  This is so upsetting! :(

./danfe