[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/3] qemu-system: new package

[Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>]

Gustavo, All,

On 2014-10-21 09:16 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 19:45:06 -0300, Gustavo Zacarias wrote:
[--SNIP--]
> > It's dissapointing to just sum up commits doing banal stuff even if
> > they're important, to then get the cold shoulder when what i feel are
> > interesting or progressive ideas get delayed and/or rejected.
> > My feeling is that i'm just wasting my time if i make any serious effort
> > to improve things, so basically i give up.
> > At this point i would have hoped that i've earned some trust with my
> > technical choices, but it feels like not.
> > That doesn't mean i want a blank check on decisions, don't get that
> > interpretation out of it.
> 
> You've definitely earned a *lot* of trust, at least to my eyes, and I
> believe to many of the other Buildroot developers, Peter included.

I agree with Thomas: I too highly recognise your expertise, and that
has earned you my trust, for all the hard topics you have touched in
Buildroot (security, toolchains, weird archs...)

> > In the end it's not the number of commits that count, that's not an
> > indication of who's #1, #3 or anything, it may be fun but that's it.
> > The momentum is what makes projects great.
> > And mine wrt buildroot has been neutralized, i'll just care about my
> > little ranch: no autobuild fixing except what i break, no improvements
> > except for what i care, no ACKs, no Tested-bys, no #buildroot IRC, no
> > opinions and so on.
> > Time will tell if i feel like getting back to that or i'll just dial
> > down the notch on general involvement permanently (there's a saying
> > which i think is quite universal "never say never").
> > Sometimes you win sometimes you lose, in both the project and personal
> > levels.

I am really stunned to read that, and am really sorry you feel like
that. :-(

> Wow, I must say I'm truly shocked that things have reached this level.
> This is definitely not where I'd like things to go: your contributions
> are very very valuable, and I very often need to refer to you for many
> questions/opinions/feedback on various things we're doing in Buildroot.

I can only fully concur to what Thomas said.

> Would you still be willing to have a Google Hangout at some point this
> week to discuss this?

I could try to join, but as I am on the move in the US, it will be a bit
difficult for me. Just arrange for a day and time that suits you, and if
I am able to, I'll join.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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