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From: Ryan Hill <rhill@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] repo/gentoo:master commit in: eclass/
Date: Sun, 15 May 2016 09:55:04
Message-Id: 20160515035327.37fcb81c@tundra.gateway.pace.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] repo/gentoo:master commit in: eclass/ by Aaron Bauman
1 On Sun, 15 May 2016 08:40:39 +0900
2 Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > On Saturday, May 14, 2016 9:54:11 AM JST Rich Freeman wrote:
5 > > On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 7:55 AM, Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o> wrote:
6 > > > On Friday, May 13, 2016 4:52:09 PM JST Ian Delaney wrote:
7 > > >> On Sat, 7 May 2016 23:25:58 +0200
8 > > >>
9 > > >> Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
10 > > >> > Do you seriously expect this code to work? How about testing? Or
11 > > >> > reading diffs before committing?
12 > > >
13 > > > Absolutely nothing wrong was said here. Obviously the code was not tested
14 > > > and Michal pointed that out very plainly.
15 > >
16 > > It is actually possible to communicate both plainly and politely at
17 > > the same time. This does not require sacrificing any commitment to
18 > > quality at all. Really the only downside is having more of an
19 > > appearance of professionalism.
20 >
21 > Please enlighten me as to what was impolite here? The strong language of
22 > "seriously" or definitively stating that the individual did not perform the
23 > necessary QA actions before committing? Both of which are completely called
24 > for and appropriate. No vulgarity, insults, or demeaning words were used.
25 > How would you have responded professionally?
26
27 I thought his response was pretty tame actually. If you break the tree
28 because you couldn't be bothered to do the barest minimum of testing you
29 absolutely deserve to be called out on it.
30
31 But if you guys just want to hug it out that's cool too.
32
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