Re: [PATCH 08/11] lrzsz: remove the recipe

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 11:56:38PM +0100, Alexander Kanavin wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Nov 2019 at 23:32, Phil Blundell <pb@pbcl.net> wrote:
> 
> > However, I think the point still stands that the commit message needs to
> > provide a better description of why the package is being removed.  If you
> > think it represents an ongoing maintenance headache that's already bad and
> > only going to get worse, and this now outweighs its usefulness, let's just
> > say that.  Not all old software is problematic, and not all problematic
> > software is old; the fact that the last release was 20 years ago is an
> > interesting fact but in isolation that doesn't represent a problem.
> > Indeed, compared to some other packages in oe-core, eight patches in
> > total over a 20-year period doesn't seem like that bad of an average.
> >
> 
> Fair enough, I wrote a hasty commit message. Mistakes happen.
> 
> Can I say what my problem is? Here goes: so far, no one in this discussion
> offered actual help with the actual issue. If you need this or that
> functionality from Yocto, please try to place help ahead of complaints and
> criticism.

No, your problem is your way of communication.

It is a very unfriendly way of communication to request help in the form 
patch aiming at immediate removal.

It comes across as if you were just too lazy to even try to fix 
something another patch you are submitting is breaking.

You would have received more constructive answers if you would have 
started with an email describing the non-trivial technical problem
where you need assistance.

> Alex

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Adrian