Thanks for the thumbs up! Then I will proceed as discussed :-)
On 02.09.21 17:49, Yuxuan Wang wrote:
> +1. Thanks for all the work, Mario!
>
> On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 8:06 AM Jens Geyer <jensge...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> +1 Sounds good. World add a step though, asking in mailing list if someone
>> feels like fixing it if I cannot do myself (eg my Smalltalk is a bit
>> rusty). If still nothing happens, disable. And announce it.
>>
>> If there is no maintainer for sth then maybe we should consider removing
>> that language target altogether.
>>
>> Current policy ... nothing written, nothing explicitly agreed upon. But
>> its a pain point, thats for sure. Your work is much appreciated.
>>
>> Have fun,
>> JensG
>>
>> Sent from mobile device. You know what that means...
>> ________________________________
>> From: Mario Emmenlauer <ma...@emmenlauer.de>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 2, 2021 10:17:02 AM
>> To: Thrift-Dev <dev@thrift.apache.org>
>> Subject: Disable failing bindings early?
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Since a while there are a number of failing Travis builds. As
>> far as I can see, they are due to issues with certain bindings
>> that do not compile any more, or broken installers of some
>> dependencies.
>>
>> The problem that I see with the current situation is that the
>> failing builds "hide" other problems. For the better part of the
>> year, half of the Travis builds failed. But merge requests where
>> still merged. I tried my best to only merge when the failing
>> builds where unrelated. But of course that is more guesswork than
>> knowing.
>>
>> So is there a good policy how to deal with failing compilation?
>> My recommendation would be to disable failing bindings, if:
>> - nobody is working towards a fix on that binding, and
>> - latest a _few_weeks_ have passed
>> so that the rest of the project can move forward.
>>
>> I can see one advantage and one disadvantage of this policy:
>> Pro: The rest of the project can move forward, unperturbed and
>> in high quality (with all builds and tests working).
>> Con: The failing bindings may not receive updates or testing
>> any more, so it will become harder to resurrect them after a
>> while.
>>
>> What do others think? Or is there a policy already?
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Mario Emmenlauer
>>
>
Viele Grüße,
Mario Emmenlauer
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