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> On Sun, 16 Sep 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> I also need to rant here a bit.
>>
>> Fortunately we haven't had this problem too many times on this
>> list, but sometimes people say "Here is my patch. If this is
>> accepted I'll add documentation and tests". I rarely reply to
>> such patches without sugarcoating my response, but my internal
>> reaction is, "Don't you, as the person who proposes that change,
>> believe in your patch deeply enough to be willing to perfect it,
>> in order to make it suitable for consumption by the general
>> public, whether it is included in my tree or not? A change that
>> even you do not believe in yourself has very little chance of
>> benefitting the general public, so thanks but no thanks, I'll
>> pass."
>
> I hope that my questions did not seem to fall into this catagory.
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>