Re: play.c

["Yoshinori K. Okuji" <okuji@enbug.org>]

On Saturday 05 November 2005 10:12 pm, Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> On Nov 5, 2005, at 2:48 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> > On 11/5/05, Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji@enbug.org> wrote:
> >> On Saturday 05 November 2005 03:17 pm, Vincent Pelletier wrote:
> >>> Here is the play command, along with some songs.
> >>
> >> I point out some stylish mistakes.
> >
> > Personally I was thrilled with the idea of sound and really, these
> > little "style" things are so trivial.  Its like someone hanging a
> > painting and then commenting on color of the frame.
> >
> > Actually I am sure it is just a language barrier issue and what you
> > meant to say was "wow, thanks for this cool submission!"
>
> Please don't confuse constructive criticism for disinterest or a lack
> of appreciation. The way code approaches perfection is through peer
> review, and you will notice that almost all patches from all
> contributors are commented on. In fact, most people actively seek out
> criticism for their patches! That is why Vincent posted it to the list
> for comment rather than just committing it himself.
>
> This is how open source works, and I'm sure you'd agree it seems to be
> working pretty well... ;)

It is not much related to Free Software (don't use Open Source in this list, 
please). Dennis is confused, because he simply does not know the background 
or our relationship (between me and Subdino). But I don't understand why 
Dennis wanted to say such a thing... If my attitude looks silly, Subdino has 
no problem with saying it to me directly without his help.

Okuji