From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
To: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Cc: "Jonathan Nieder" <jrnieder@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
"Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>, "Ævar Arnfjörð" <avarab@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] test-lib: avoid full path to store test results
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:02:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <509167C8.6090600@kdbg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMP44s3WODA2Vru0Q1b5EWA6_1vdHnPmFfUmDg0Phh0S=76O9w@mail.gmail.com>
Am 31.10.2012 03:28, schrieb Felipe Contreras:
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 3:13 AM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Felipe Contreras wrote:
>>
>>> It's all fun and games to write explanations for things, but it's not
>>> that easy when you want those explanations to be actually true, and
>>> corrent--you have to spend time to make sure of that.
>>
>> That's why it's useful for the patch submitter to write them, asking
>> for help when necessary.
>>
>> As a bonus, it helps reviewers understand the effect of the patch.
>> Bugs averted!
>
> Yeah, that would be nice. Too bad I don't have that information, and
> have _zero_ motivation to go and get it for you.
Just to clarify: That information is not just for Jonathan, but for
everyone on this list and those who dig the history a year down the
road. Contributors who have _zero_ motiviation to find out that
information are not welcome here because they cause friction and take
away time from many others for _zero_ gain.
-- Hannes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-31 18:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-30 4:12 [PATCH] test-lib: avoid full path to store test results Felipe Contreras
2012-10-30 4:28 ` Jeff King
2012-10-30 4:39 ` Felipe Contreras
2012-10-30 4:46 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-10-30 16:02 ` Felipe Contreras
2012-10-31 1:27 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-10-31 1:59 ` Felipe Contreras
2012-10-31 2:13 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-10-31 2:28 ` Felipe Contreras
2012-10-31 18:02 ` Johannes Sixt [this message]
2012-10-31 18:28 ` Felipe Contreras
2012-11-02 13:17 ` Jeff King
2012-11-02 15:17 ` Felipe Contreras
2012-11-02 15:20 ` Jeff King
2012-10-30 6:58 ` Elia Pinto
2012-10-30 7:01 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-10-30 22:17 ` Elia Pinto
2012-10-31 9:05 ` Stefano Lattarini
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