Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 11:41:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
Cc: Maxime Henrion <mux@FreeBSD.org>, <ports@FreeBSD.org>, Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
Subject: Re: patch to have make clean not recurse in ${PORTSDIR}
Message-ID: <20020502113722.X78658-100000@master.gorean.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020501163325.R56612@k7.mavetju.org>
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On Wed, 1 May 2002, Edwin Groothuis wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 08:14:42PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> > I admire the determination shown by the proponents of this change,
> > however, I can't help thinking that you've already spent way more time
> > than it's worth. Your time would be better spent improving the existing
> > documentation on this issue.
>
> If the behaviour is not changed, this thing will come back every
> two months and each time people will try to find a solution for it.
I've already said several times that this problem does come up
regularly, and will continue to come up. My objection to your proposed
solution is that what it actually does is hide the problem by making
something work that isn't really intended to.
> Pointing to a document and saying "you're wrong" is not the right
> approach them.
I'm really disturbed by this response. Directing people to
documentation is not a way of saying, "You're wrong," it's a way of
saying, "Listen, we like your question so much that some really smart
people have taken the time to figure out the best way to answer it, and
then wrote it all down for you." If you really want to make the argument
that we should avoid documentation because it seems like criticism to some
foolish people, we've already lost.
--
"We have known freedom's price. We have shown freedom's power.
And in this great conflict, ... we will see freedom's victory."
- George W. Bush, President of the United States
State of the Union, January 28, 2002
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