From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Ericsson Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-format-patch: Number patches when there are more than one Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:49:23 +0100 Message-ID: <472D95A3.3030108@op5.se> References: <1194104694-12530-1-git-send-email-mh@glandium.org> <472CA301.50508@op5.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Mike Hommey , git@vger.kernel.org, spearce@spearce.org To: Johannes Schindelin X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Nov 04 10:49:45 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Ioc6z-0001yu-1n for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:49:45 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753935AbXKDJta (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Nov 2007 04:49:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753952AbXKDJt3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Nov 2007 04:49:29 -0500 Received: from mail.op5.se ([193.201.96.20]:44872 "EHLO mail.op5.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753671AbXKDJt2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Nov 2007 04:49:28 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.op5.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0DE11730686; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 10:48:13 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.499 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.499 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599, RDNS_NONE=0.1] Received: from mail.op5.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.op5.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id YIU8f2JEiDNY; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 10:48:12 +0100 (CET) Received: from nox.op5.se (unknown [172.27.78.10]) by mail.op5.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C1F31730681; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 10:48:12 +0100 (CET) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070727) In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 3 Nov 2007, Andreas Ericsson wrote: > >> Every piece of DWIM can be translated as "do what I didn't say". If you >> had to say it, it wouldn't be DWIM after all. > > At some point, though, it becomes a "Do what _I_ (and nobody else does, or > at least what a substantial part of the rest of the world did not) mean", > and that point is reached here and now. > Every piece of dwimmery is suggested by someone and usually backed by a few, so it's likely wanted by many. Your ultra-conserative "works for *me*, so shut up and stop trying to change things" means git really has to be flawless. For you, that is. For others, there are still things to improve. I'd appreciate if you could losen the "MY playpen" a little though, as it takes an awful lot of energy from the constructive discussions. > Wow. I did not think I had to explain _that_. > Dito. -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231