Date: 07 Feb 2002 13:30:22 -0500 From: Nat Lanza <nlanza@premodern.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> Cc: Joe Kelsey <joe@zircon.seattle.wa.us>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gcc3.x issues Message-ID: <20020212021145.EFAD29F10B@okeeffe.bestweb.net>
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On Thu, 2002-02-07 at 12:59, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > These comments are not useless, most committers have day jobs that > unfortunetly preclude them from having time to work on every little > feature request. Furthermore asking for patches is the exact > opposite of being smug at least in the way of flaunting one's commit > priveledges, it's providing the user an opportunity to present work > for inclusion into the project. Surely you see the difference between "That's an interesting idea; can you generate some patches so we can take a look and see how it works out?" and "WhereTF is your patch to do this?". One provides an opportunity for users to contribute, and the other is a snarling, rude dismissal that really doesn't do very much to encourage people to stick around and help out. --nat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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