Re: [PATCH v6 00/14] Serialized Git Commit Graph

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mar 19, 2018, 11:41 UTC
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1803191236320.55@ZVAVAG-6OXH6DA.rhebcr.pbec.zvpebfbsg.pbz>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqpo442aok.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

Hi Junio,

On Fri, 16 Mar 2018, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > I understand that it is a trade-off between time you have to spend and
> > that others have to spend, and since you do not scale, that trade-off
> > has to be in your favor.
> 
> That tradeoff may exist, but it does not weigh in the picture above
> at all.

It does, however. You frequently do not even tell the original contributor what changes you made while applying the patches. I know because I have been surprised by some of those changes, long after you merged them into `master`.

And quite honestly, my time is valuable, too. So you should stop assuming that I, for one (and probably other contributors, too) compare carefully what differences exist between the local topic branch and what you chose to make of the patches. I cannot make you stop suggesting that, but I can tell you right away that I won't do that unless I *have* to. It is an inefficient use of my time. I wish you would also realize that it invariably leads to your having to "touch up" iteration after iteration because your touch-ups had not been picked up.

Having said that, I can live with the status quo. I have a track record of being able to.

Ciao, Dscho