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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

  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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