Re: Problem with cg-diff <file>

[Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz>]

Dear diary, on Mon, May 30, 2005 at 09:54:13AM CEST, I got a letter
where Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> told me that...
> >>>>> "PB" == Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz> writes:
> 
> PB> Ok, so this is what you get when you mix: sleepiness, performing only
> PB> mental experiments not verified in practice, and inattentive reading of
> PB> the code.
> 
> PB> I'm sorry for bothering. Instruct yourself from my bad example, please.
> PB> :-)
> 
> If you forbid people to ask for help when the person who is
> asked might feel the question groundless or based on "only
> mental experiments not verified in practice and inattentive
> reading of the code", the value to have a community diminishes.
> 
> We ask questions and ask for help because we know others know
> more about things we do not know offhand, not necessarily
> because we would not ever be able to figure them out ourselves.
> 
> If you know somebody else would know the answer immediately for
> something that may take you a day or so to figure out, asking
> for help is the right thing to do --- your time is better spent
> on what you do best (e.g. improving Cogito).

Well, you definitively have a point. I just felt guilty that if I
would've spent ten seconds actually testing it, you wouldn't have to
spent ten minutes (or who knows how long) replying to my silly question.

> I should not feel bothered by your questions, and I am certainly not
> feeling bothered at all (well, at least until seeing the last
> sentence, and wondering what you really meant ;-)).

I meant you all on the mailing list, not you specifically. English is
sometimes annoying. ;-) (And I was just trying to be funny, in my usual
awful way.)

> Always glad to be of help.

Thanks. :-)

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				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
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