From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] remote-hg: more improvements Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 15:24:51 -0700 Message-ID: References: <1399169814-20201-1-git-send-email-felipe.contreras@gmail.com> <536a83097302f_76ff7a52ec6c@nysa.notmuch> <536a999e2c0c_76ff7a52ec1e@nysa.notmuch> <536ad9601b73b_3caaa612ecdc@nysa.notmuch> <87mweku2pt.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Philippe Vaucher , "git\@vger.kernel.org" To: David Kastrup X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu May 15 00:25:05 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Wkhbh-0003Cf-9p for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Thu, 15 May 2014 00:25:01 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753495AbaENWY5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2014 18:24:57 -0400 Received: from smtp.pobox.com ([208.72.237.35]:62437 "EHLO smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753483AbaENWY4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2014 18:24:56 -0400 Received: from smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp0.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2653318819; Wed, 14 May 2014 18:24:56 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=J7SCGeUqRSEF5jpFHAqQ0ysWlsk=; b=yaHXPM svGNTe4H03xbdygHO6fO/p/1ugzOL6/9JVwOIl14GaRnquTSXQY/ZzIR2gYvisDA E+k3wq2Hl8/EdPG6/nNxLHJ7+m0e7tw6RJe67YJNBWJgpewvalfDcgYt6jl3ymdc iUFcvsfU50k61UgjOGf1oD948Zv+T0F5O5lp4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=b7oZ8oC4WBjlmuu6bBi5xBHGlqUvFaMI 5p/W2YR/4uFeFelzyt8rdpsQ8o6Nlq2nPIcVqEstyJuHbHI3Bn2TO6rYVITyBcVT Ri3i3sBokDbDMcx1hbbBcfXvEjoObh5zqWaMfftSZcjf7y/q9aSBC23e/YP5vuGT gbrZ8WvsE4Q= Received: from pb-smtp0.int.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp0.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D4C218818; Wed, 14 May 2014 18:24:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [72.14.226.9]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp0.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6785318816; Wed, 14 May 2014 18:24:53 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87mweku2pt.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (David Kastrup's message of "Wed, 14 May 2014 11:30:38 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 922F7574-DBB6-11E3-AF94-DDB853EDF712-77302942!pb-smtp0.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: David Kastrup writes: > Philippe Vaucher writes: > >> Thanks for the explanation. I think it underlines well the A) >> technical issues (quality commits) and the B) social issues (ability >> to communicate in a friendly way & respond constructively), which we >> discovered are both *essential* for contributing to git. > > I'm not entirely convinced of that: there is something akin to drop-dead > gorgeous code: code that is so well done that it would not matter with > regard to its maintenance whether or not its author dropped dead because > it's both done well as well as documented in a manner where the original > author could not offer significant additional help. I would have to say that you are living in a fantasy land. During the entire life of Git, I do not think I ever saw such a code that is perfect from the get-go and did not require any maintenance to adjust to the changing time.