Running "n stable" removed bin, lib, share, include directories from /usr/local

Re:Running "n stable" removed bin, lib, share, include direc... by adgar2 on Sunday October 07, 2012 @08:03PM (#4624883)

I expected an extremely negative interpretation. My criticism is harsh because the failure here was unacceptable.

Look at the pull request they merged in. Any line added to a script which starts with "rm -rf $VARIABLE" cannot be scrutinized enough.

The first commit was created at: 2012-09-30T10:25:44-07:00.

The pull request was accepted at: 2012-09-30T10:59:08-07:00.

34 minutes to accept on a Sunday morning. I suspect that wasn't 34 minutes of review. I suspect it was closer to 34 seconds of review.

Unacceptable.

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Re:Running "n stable" removed bin, lib, share, include direc... by wtallis on Monday October 08, 2012 @02:12AM (#4625699)

If virus scanners were common on unices, their primary purpose would be to watch for the string "rm -rf".

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Re:Running "n stable" removed bin, lib, share, include direc... by tjholowaychuk on Sunday October 07, 2012 @10:33PM (#4625254)

shit happens, and then you die. when you have 50+ people that just "+1" an issue for long enough without helping, you tend to limbo-merge

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Re:Running "n stable" removed bin, lib, share, include direc... by adgar2 on Sunday October 07, 2012 @11:00PM (#4625324)

Engineers have responsibility.

Otherwise you're just throwing shit at a wall and seeing what sticks.

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Re:Running "n stable" removed bin, lib, share, include direc... by aidenn0 on Sunday October 07, 2012 @11:14PM (#4625362)

Sounds like 99% of software development to me, OSS or otherwise.

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