Re: [msysGit] [FYI][PATCH] Customizing the WinGit installer

From: Heikki Orsila <shdl@zakalwe.fi>
Date: Oct 7, 2008, 07:46 UTC
Message-ID: <20081007074642.GK16289@zakalwe.fi>
In-Reply-To: <20081007030824.GW21650@dpotapov.dyndns.org>

On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 07:08:24AM +0400, Dmitry Potapov wrote:

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> On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 07:10:37PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > 
> > That changes things. Once some user actually complains, and sends in a 
> > fix to make the whole dialog optional, I don't see why anybody would ever 
> > argue against such a patch being accepted.
> 
> First, he did not complain. He did not even mention that in the commit
> message.

What does that matter? People are complaining now.

> He mentioning some other things like removing release notes,
> but not the license. Second, I would expect that any change that goes
> against the previous achieved agreement may deserve some discussion,
> and not blindly accepted just because the user sent a patch.

Are you thinking this is some kind of decision by committee organization? NO. Patches are picked up by maintainers. Anyone can comment on the patches as they are published.

> Okay, I
> don't really care whether the installer shows the license or not...

Then why argue about it? I care very much.

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