[Fedora-haskell-list] Mass closure of submissions?

[Miles Sabin]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Bryan O'Sullivan <bos at serpentine.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Miles Sabin <miles at milessabin.com> wrote:
>
>> Auto-generation isn't a bad thing per-se, surely?
>
> Right. The real problem is jumping the gun by spamming us with review
> requests without ever checking to see if the basic approach is even
> right to begin with.

OK, but aside from the spamming, was his approach *actually wrong* as
in: his script was producing broken packages, irreparably. Talking
about "drive by submissions" and "junk" without giving the guy a
chance to fix things seems a bit uncharitable. You're too busy right
now? Fine, what harm would it have done to send him a polite note and
leave things for a week or two?

He's clearly enthusiastic, and with some pointers in the right
direction he might make a significant contribution to getting the
Fedora Haskell package landscape looking a lot more healthy than it
does right now. Let's hope he comes back ...

Cheers,


Miles