I see complaints about the bug reporting style, but no mea culpas. I had an experience with gentoo bugs recently which confirms his experience on a smaller level. The apache ebuilds used to recognize USERDIR to override the default "public_html" value. The 2.4 ebuilds discarded that for no reason. I filed a bug which was promptly closed for no good reason, only the bogus answer that the new configuraion files layout took care of it. I reopened it with a more detailed description of the problem and included the URL of the apache documentation which explains that the suexec binary has to be compiled with the USERDIR values known at compile time. A week later, the bug was properly closed with a better solution than the old 2.2 solution, and a more permanent solution than my home grown work around.
Some may remember me from whining a month or two ago about the atrocious color philosophy with emerge. The reaction both times from the gentoo community was merely a repeat of what I have come to expect from several years of my own and from friends' and colleagues' experiences: blame the messenger. Lash out at the poster, don't bother to even investigate the problem. When in doubt, scream and shout, run in circles, pull a pout. I seldom complain any more. It's not worth the hassle and feedback, and it accomplishes nothing. The gentoo developers have enough bad eggs to tasint everybody. There are plenty of good eggs, but they need to speak up and stop the bad eggs from ruining their reputation. I liken it to cops: as long as the good ones won't turn in the bad ones for framing people, taking bribes, and general corrupt practices, the good cops are going to be tarred with the same brush as the bad ones. -- ... _._. ._ ._. . _._. ._. ___ .__ ._. . .__. ._ .. ._. Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman & rocket surgeon / [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG = E987 4493 C860 246C 3B1E 6477 7838 76E9 182E 8151 ITAR license #4933 I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of room o -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list