From: Howard Miller <howard@e-learndesign.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:12:59 GMT
Subject: Re: denying branch creation in a shared repository
Message-ID: <26ae428a0910190612y314c435gf0fd55b87e130489@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200910191459.40332.trast@student.ethz.ch>

>
> Many of us get lots[1] of mail per day, and have no time nor will to
> scroll around in the message reading long (untrimmed) quoted parts
> that are out of order, let alone click around in the corresponding
> thread to remember the context.  If you want your mail to be read, you
> should take some time to make it *easy* to read on its own.
>

I forgot and I apologise unreservedly. I am in a similar position on
other projects although we use web forums which makes it easier. I
certainly don't want to get into that argument though. I struggle a
great deal to be nice to people who haven't made any kind of effort to
even ask a sensible question so I do understand. The challenge is to
think someone is stupid yet to manage a polite, constructive and
non-arrogant reply (or just say nothing if you can't). At least web
forums have emoticons - a smiley fixes everything!!

Gentlemen... keep up the good work. Even an idiot like me thinks that
git is a fantastic project. It has saved me hours of pain and effort.