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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
	"Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>, "Ævar Arnfjörð" <avarab@gmail.com>,
	"Johannes Sixt" <j6t@kdbg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] test-lib: avoid full path to store test results
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:13:18 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121031021318.GB15167@elie.Belkin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMP44s1xAeW2QZsNwRVRx+DEhYVVdiKbw-y-aNuo6unuv7pYZQ@mail.gmail.com>

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!

[...]
> Either way, if obvious fixes that are one-liners require an essay for
> you, I give up.

I guess it is fair to call a reasonable subject line plus a couple of
sentences an essay.  Yes, obvious fixes especially require that, since
the bug caused by an obvious fix is one of the worst kinds.

  reply	other threads:[~2012-10-31  2:13 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 [this message]
2012-10-31  2:28           ` Felipe Contreras
2012-10-31 18:02             ` Johannes Sixt
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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