From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH] mergetool merge/skip/abort Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:37:16 -0800 Message-ID: <7vk58g1ilf.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <81bfc67a0901210637j52fa7a55q51b599e9ff16f6dc@mail.gmail.com> <20090121170434.GA21727@hashpling.org> <81bfc67a0901220617l22b5a8e4ma48bb069d67cae91@mail.gmail.com> <20090122142258.GA2316@hashpling.org> <81bfc67a0901230716i166bfc4chd9a5c0990b0cd3b6@mail.gmail.com> <7vwscmue5z.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <20090126225835.GB10118@mit.edu> <20090127220947.GA21319@hashpling.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Theodore Tso , git@vger.kernel.org To: Charles Bailey X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Jan 27 23:38:59 2009 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 1LRwa1-0003mF-1X for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:38:49 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752562AbZA0WhZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:37:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751666AbZA0WhY (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:37:24 -0500 Received: from a-sasl-fastnet.sasl.smtp.pobox.com ([207.106.133.19]:39315 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752473AbZA0WhX (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:37:23 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-sasl-fastnet.sasl.smtp.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D611E94918; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:37:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [68.225.240.211]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-sasl-fastnet.sasl.smtp.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 859A194912; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:37:18 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20090127220947.GA21319@hashpling.org> (Charles Bailey's message of "Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:09:47 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 10624C34-ECC3-11DD-ACB0-CC4CC92D7133-77302942!a-sasl-fastnet.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Charles Bailey writes: > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 05:58:35PM -0500, Theodore Tso wrote: > ... > A quick blame session has shown that after Ted I've probably touched > the next most number of lines of mergetool. It's a crude measure and > not necessarily a sign of competence, I admit. > > Although not rolling in spare time, I feel I'd be able review > mergetool patches at roughly the rate that they tend to appear at the > moment. > > Given the above, if I pass the "good taste" and "Junio trust" tests I > feel that I should offer my services as mergetool patch wrangler. Competence certainly counts to a certain extent, but volunteerism, willingness, and enthusiasm count too. Taste is sometimes a relative thing and we can make sure where we agree to disagree on the list case by case basis. Most importantly, anybody who will suffer when the tool breaks will be much better person than I to look after it. That is one of the largest ingredient in the "trust" factor. Thanks.