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Re: Cross-Platform Version Control

From
Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date
May 13, 2009, 17:24 UTC
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John Tapsell wrote:
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> 2009/5/13 Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>:
>> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 2009/5/13 Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>:
>>>> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 6:41 AM, John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I don't know why the git developers are being so hostile/dismisisve,
>>>> Are you serious?
>>>>
>>> ...because we'll kill you if aren't >:-E
>> I'm just flabbergasted by some people's expectations. Perhaps John
>> doesn't realize the git developers are all volunteers, and that it is
>> never appropriate to criticize a volunteer. A "thank you for all your
>> hard work on git" would have done nicely.
> 
> I'm as much of an open source developer as anyone else here.  I spend
> a huge amount of my time programming for KDE.  But I've never told a
> user "well that settles it" because they won't code it themselves :-/
> I certaintly get a huge number of bug/wishes that I can't/won't code
> myself, but I try to be a bit more diplomatic about it.
> But then the kernel mailing lists tend to be a lot more.. direct..
> than the kde mailing lists, so I guess it comes from that.  Requiring
> people to have a thick skin and all that.
>

I think much of the perceived malignancy stems from the fact that the git list has a high ratio of developer-to-luser mailings on it, being by nature a developer tool most of the time. When the unaware user appears on the list with demands rather than polite requests, they're treated that much harder. Especially by the developer who happens to be, as it were, the butt of the request.

Personally, I've only ever found Dscho being anything but friendly on this list, and even then, I really didn't find it offensive. If viewed in a happy mood, it matches quite nicely with a swedish sketch whose theme is "men ja ente bitter". It's often quite funny, really :-)

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Message 58 of 59 in “Re: Cross-Platform Version Control”
  1. Esko LuontolaMay 12, 2009
  2. Shawn O. PearceMay 12, 2009
  3. Johannes SchindelinMay 12, 2009
  4. Esko LuontolaMay 12, 2009
  5. Johannes SchindelinMay 12, 2009
  6. Esko LuontolaMay 12, 2009
  7. Johannes SchindelinMay 13, 2009
  8. Esko LuontolaMay 13, 2009
  9. Alex RiesenMay 13, 2009
  10. Johannes SchindelinMay 13, 2009
  11. Jeff KingMay 12, 2009
  12. Johannes SchindelinMay 12, 2009
  13. Linus TorvaldsMay 13, 2009
  14. Linus TorvaldsMay 13, 2009
  15. Andreas EricssonMay 13, 2009
  16. Linus TorvaldsMay 13, 2009
  17. Martin LanghoffMay 13, 2009
  18. Linus TorvaldsMay 13, 2009
  19. Theodore TsoMay 13, 2009
  20. Linus TorvaldsMay 13, 2009
  21. Daniel BarkalowMay 13, 2009
  22. Linus TorvaldsMay 13, 2009
  23. Matthias AndreeMay 13, 2009
  24. Linus TorvaldsMay 13, 2009
  25. Jay SoffianMay 13, 2009
  26. Matthias AndreeMay 13, 2009
  27. Dmitry PotapovMay 12, 2009
  28. Martin LanghoffMay 12, 2009
  29. Jakub NarebskiMay 12, 2009
  30. Extend sample pre-commit hook to check for non ascii file/usernamesHeiko Voigt, May 12, 2009
  31. Jakub NarebskiMay 12, 2009
  32. Extend sample pre-commit hook to check for non ascii filenamesHeiko Voigt, May 14, 2009
  33. Martin LanghoffMay 15, 2009
  34. Heiko VoigtMay 18, 2009
  35. Jakub NarebskiMay 18, 2009
  36. check for filenames that only differ in case to sample pre-commit hookHeiko Voigt, Jun 20, 2009
  37. Jakub NarebskiMay 15, 2009
  38. Extend sample pre-commit hook to check for non ascii filenamesHeiko Voigt, May 18, 2009
  39. Johannes SixtMay 18, 2009
  40. Heiko VoigtMay 18, 2009
  41. Johannes SixtMay 18, 2009
  42. Extend sample pre-commit hook to check for non ascii filenamesHeiko Voigt, May 19, 2009
  43. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2009
  44. Julian PhillipsMay 18, 2009
  45. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2009
  46. Peter KreftingMay 14, 2009
  47. Esko LuontolaMay 14, 2009
  48. Andreas EricssonMay 14, 2009
  49. Johannes SchindelinMay 14, 2009
  50. Dmitry PotapovMay 15, 2009
  51. Cross-Platform Version ControlJohn Tapsell, May 13, 2009
  52. Jay SoffianMay 13, 2009
  53. Alex RiesenMay 13, 2009
  54. Jay SoffianMay 13, 2009
  55. John TapsellMay 13, 2009
  56. Nicolas PitreMay 13, 2009
  57. Johannes SchindelinMay 13, 2009
  58. Andreas EricssonMay 13, 2009
  59. Miles BaderMay 14, 2009

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