Re: [PATCH 00/14] completion: a bunch of updates

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Nov 4, 2020, 18:08 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <CAMP44s1RS2-8rOvZLidRjkB=dkBGRpPzhpwpQByDRObP7UMLFw@mail.gmail.com>

Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:

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> To state the opinion of a person is not a derogatory statement. This
> is literally what they said:
>
>> > > Now, how about you make a compromise between "correctness" and
>> > > usability?
>> >
>> > No.
>
> I'm not doing anything but repeating their stated opinion. It is a
> fact. If you don't like their stated opinion, feel free to talk to
> them.

I had to read the exchange three times to be reasonably confident that the party that was asking the question was you and Zsh folks was who said "No.", as there were so little in the context to go by, in order to tell what was being discussed (I initially even thought they asked the question and you gave a short "no", before realizing it probably is the other way around).

In the short quote given without enough context, I cannot see anything more than a disagreement of the degree of "correctness" and "usability" expected by the two parties in the discussion.

Even if I knew what exact "incorrectness" and "usability" were on topic back when you two argued, I know people strike balance at different place. Even though I may agree with your argument in that particular case, I can understand (if not accept) if Zsh folks thought differently. And it does not matter if I agree with you that they are better off taking a small "incorrectness" to gain "usability"---the Zsh show is run over there by Zsh folks, and I am not a participant.

But the take-away I got from your short quote was that I see no evidence that Zsh folks do not care about usability.