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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] repo/gentoo:master commit in: eclass/
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 23:41:40
Message-Id: 2471981.YXCVhQinPE@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] repo/gentoo:master commit in: eclass/ by Rich Freeman
1 On Saturday, May 14, 2016 9:54:11 AM JST Rich Freeman wrote:
2 > On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 7:55 AM, Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o> wrote:
3 > > On Friday, May 13, 2016 4:52:09 PM JST Ian Delaney wrote:
4 > >> On Sat, 7 May 2016 23:25:58 +0200
5 > >>
6 > >> Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
7 > >> > Do you seriously expect this code to work? How about testing? Or
8 > >> > reading diffs before committing?
9 > >
10 > > Absolutely nothing wrong was said here. Obviously the code was not tested
11 > > and Michal pointed that out very plainly.
12 >
13 > It is actually possible to communicate both plainly and politely at
14 > the same time. This does not require sacrificing any commitment to
15 > quality at all. Really the only downside is having more of an
16 > appearance of professionalism.
17
18 Please enlighten me as to what was impolite here? The strong language of
19 "seriously" or definitively stating that the individual did not perform the
20 necessary QA actions before committing? Both of which are completely called
21 for and appropriate. No vulgarity, insults, or demeaning words were used.
22 How would you have responded professionally?
23
24 --
25 Cheers,
26 Aaron Bauman
27 Gentoo Linux Developer
28 GnuPG FP: 1536 F4B3 72EB 9C54 11F5 5C43 246D 23A2 10FB 0F3E

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