Re: [PATCH] branch: make -v useful

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 8, 2021, 08:28 UTC
Message-ID: <60bf2a2883b54_1a73f820887@natae.notmuch>
In-Reply-To: <YL8b/zUx0ikbqwC6@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King wrote:

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> On Tue, Jun 08, 2021 at 02:17:43AM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> 
> > > Don't bother on my account. I have generally found that going more than
> > > one round deep of discussion with you does not lead anywhere productive,
> > > and I don't intend to continue this thread.
> > 
> > If there's no evidence that will ever convince you otherwise, that means
> > you are not interested in actual real users, only in your idea of users.
> 
> I think you missed the point here. I am not interested in engaging with
> _you_, because I often find it a waste of time. And I choose to do more
> productive things.

This is a cop-out.

We are engaging in a discussion in a *public* mailing list, you are not enging only with me, you are engaging with a community.

Your response will be read by other people.

I asked you a direct question that other people in the mailing list would benefit from hearing:

  What kind of evidence would satisfy you?

You do not have to "engage with me", but if you are going to object to a proposal, other people will want to know on what grounds.

You could say "to demonstrate X, we would need Y", and leave the discussion.

But to just say "I don't think X" is not productive for anyone in the mailinst list.

Cheers.

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Felipe Contreras