Re: [PATCH 2/2] Move sequencer to builtin

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Jun 9, 2013, 18:10 UTC
Message-ID: <20130609181002.GC810@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAMP44s35w_ysvd5c8oANF8YpWvsquY50bUjSfjOxtujdpgBCPQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Jun 09, 2013 at 01:01:30PM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote:

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> >> > Sorry, but I don't agree, and I want to publicly state my opinion so
> >> > that Jonathan (and other bystanders on the list) knows that he is not
> >> > alone in his opinions.
> >>
> >> You don't agree that 1) a collegial work environment is overrated, 2)
> >> that the Linux kernel doesn't put an emphasis on being collegial, or
> >> 3) that it's the most successful software project in history?
> >
> > Point 1.
> 
> Good, so we agree that a project doesn't need a collegial work
> environment to be extremely and amazingly successful.

No, I said that point 1 was the point I was not agreeing with. I do not have an opinion on 2, as I do not interact with the kernel community enough to know.

> In fact, any rational person would keep an open mind to the fact that
> perhaps it actually _helps_ to not have such environment, based on the
> evidence.

In my experience, dealing with you has been a giant time sink. For example, this thread. Without needing to get into the exact definition of "such an environment", the above statement is certainly my backed by empirical experience.

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> > I do not have an interest in cataloguing past conflicts I and others
> > have had with you; the list archive has done so.
> 
> No. There is no such catalog. You made a claim, it's not backed by
> evidence, merely by your subjective experience. And memory is a pretty
> bad indicator of reality.

I think this thread is an excellent example all by itself.

-Peff