[Slackbuilds-users] ripe-atlas-tools

[Jeremy Hansen]

On Wed, Oct 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM fourtysixandtwo <fourtysixandtwo at sliderr.net>
wrote:

> nnb mentioned most of what I was going to say already except there's a
> few more fixes coming to the templates that we overlooked previously.
>

Were there discussions about potential template changes that I missed
(besides the find command that was brought to this list by B. Watson)? I
had ideas I wanted to share, and I imagine others have ideas that might be
worth considering before pushing big changes. However, I assumed there
wouldn't be massive template changes before the attempt to get the repo
ready for 16.0, which is why I kept them to myself for now.

It seemed reasonable that these discussions would've happened on the
mailing list before making changes to the stable templates, which is why I
didn't create a thread about my handling of crate files and the resulting
SlackBuild (my script also needed some refinement, which I hadn't felt
rushed to do since I assumed big template changes would've only
occurred once SBo went into development mode for the 16.0 release). My
implementation might not be the best, but maybe the one in the templates
isn't the best either and pushing it out to the community might've resulted
in an even better implementation. However, adding the version to the
templates that was added without discussion shoehorns us into that
implementation when better options might exist.

The fact there are additional changes needed to these templates for fixes
that were overlooked further solidifies that big changes like these should
be sent out to the masses for review before implementation. The issues
might've been caught before there were official template updates. I didn't
reply to the email about the changes to the templates (even though I was
really frustated when I saw it) simply because it seemed like it had
already been decided by the admins, but knowing there are addtional "fixes"
that need to be made, it reinvigorated my desire to vent my frustration
that the majority of these changes were made without community involvement.

None of this criticism is directed specifically towards fourtysixandtwo, it
was simply the email I replied to after finding out there were going to be
additional changes to fix the changes to the templates.

Jeremy, aka bassmadrigal
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