On 13-01-2015 15:15, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > >> Yes, I am over sensitive and I read between the lines. But unfortunately >> I am like that. > > We will accept your foibles if you will accept ours. :) > >> The problem with Poppler is similar to others I had (gedit, Qt - the >> latter happened mostly privately). Those are jobs different from the >> other, I need days, sometimes week, after completion, in the public ones >> asked for discussion that didn't happen, in the private one, I was >> surprised to see the job being taken and done differently of what I >> wanted. >> >> Consequences of these: >> >> 1. "Drive me down" (in the words of Armin). >> >> 2. I consider not to be qualified for big changes in the book. Every >> time it is needed, I will give back to the book the ticket. Each time I >> am overruled. This implies not doing a job that needs to include anew >> page. With feh, I did need to include one dependency in the book, but I >> was already affected by this qualification doubt and just sent to an >> external link. > > It is *much* easier to fix something than to author it. If a big change > is made, then that is a good basis for discussion or update. Please > don't just give up making these changes. The nature of svn is that many > of us don't read every update. Sometimes it will take a while to notice > things. > > Another option is to discuss on -dev before making changes to the book. > >> The more you work with some page, the more you get attached to it. > > The more I work with you, the more attached I get. :) > >> Shortly, it is a waste of my time doing any major change in the book. > > No, it's not. > >> And the pages cited above will not be edited by me in the future. >> >> Another reason is to protect myself, because I am over sensitive. >> >> Other jobs that I will not do anymore: >> >> Fix URL, run or fix test suite or doc instructions. >> >> Yesterday, I got a medical advisement of taking some time out, because >> the book is affecting my well being. The same from my sister. > > That's understandable. Take care of yourself first. Please do what you > can at your own pace without affecting your physical or mental health. >
Thank you, Bruce. -- []s, Fernando -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
