Re: [RFC] Contributing to Git (on Windows)

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 5, 2018, 18:01 UTC
Message-ID: <20180305180109.GA28067@aiede.svl.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1803051711210.20700@ZVAVAG-6OXH6DA.rhebcr.pbec.zvpebfbsg.pbz>

Hi Dscho,

Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Mar 2018, Jonathan Nieder wrote:

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>> Hopefully the clarifications and suggestions higher in this message
>> help.  If they don't, then I'm nervous about our ability to understand
>> each other.
>
> Okay, let me state what I think the goal of this document should be:
>
> 	To help Windows-based developers who want to contribute their first
> 	patch to the Git project.
>
> Whatever makes it easier to contributors and is easily explained, should
> go in, in my opinion.
>
> Wishful thinking, and philosophical considerations, should probably stay
> out.

I think this conversation has gone way off the rails.

I certainly share some blame for that: in https://public-inbox.org/git/20180303182723.GA76934@aiede.svl.corp.google.com/ I let my emotions get the better of me and let my bafflement show instead of focusing on my gratitude for the context and clarifications you were providing. And I am grateful for those.

What went wrong is that I somehow turned it into a debate. That's not the point of a patch review. After all, we have the same goals for this document! So I am happy to continue to work with Derrick Stolee (and anyone else interested) on whatever improvements he would like to pursue, but I am going to bow out of the arguing with you part, if that's okay.

Jonathan