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On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 21:39:49 -0500 Brian Harring <ferringb@g.o> |
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| So bluntly, shut up and let those who you think are being retarded, |
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| be retarded. Discussions on this list regarding those attempts |
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| shouldn't be heckled unless you're contributing to those efforts (and |
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| I truly mean *contributing*, not trying to punch holes in embryonic |
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| efforts that are trying to get off the ground addressing the major |
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| issues up front). |
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Pfff. By contributing to the design by showing what *won't* work, I'm |
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saving a heck of a lot of wasted man hours that will otherwise be spent |
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writing a non-working solution. |
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A contribution of code is worthless if the code is completely wrong, no |
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matter how much effort was spent producing it. |
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But then, we all know how this goes. When the code's 'done', it gets |
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merged, and then you start claiming "If you had any issues with it you |
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should have brought them up at the design stage. It's too late now!". |
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So really, it's a no win situation. Point out gaping design flaws at the |
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start and you're accused of shooting holes in things that don't exist |
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yet. Point out gaping design flaws when it's first merged and you're |
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accused of shooting holes in things upon which people have spent lots |
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of time. Point out gaping design flaws after it goes live and you're |
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told it's too late. |
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-- |
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Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Shell tools, Fluxbox, Cron) |
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Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org |
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Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm |
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