On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Tyler J. Wagner <ty...@tolaris.com> wrote:
>> I for one can't imagine why he wouldn't come here with his problems. After >> all, he received such a warm reception this time. ;-D > > I am also not happy with the snarky responses lately. "I don't understand > why you are doing this, but I'll judge you for it." "I didn't read your > patch, but here's why it can't possibly work, or will set your head on > fire, or will become a time bomb you should vaguely fear." Note that those came _after_ the OP asked for advice, got it, and then complained that he didn't like it... > I'm here because I'm a BackupPC user and I want to both learn and help > others. I hope the rest of you feel the same. Even if you can't imagine > someone's use case, and even if you disagree with it, there is no cause for > incivility. The responses might have gone over the top, but there are good reasons to discuss the philosophy behind wanting to do something a system was not designed to do. This change might help some organization avoid working out proper accounting processes and maybe even temporarily save a few dollars in hardware. But the experience here says that changing complex code requires extensive testing before trusting it. It isn't a matter of not imagining this use case - it is going beyond and imagining if something goes wrong, or if you had to take over as a replacement sysadmin where someone had made one-off changes like that and even if they work you won't be able to get any help understanding or maintaining them. But, it doesn't pay to be thin-skinned or to take technical advice personally in this business. I'm sure that if there are more questions on this topic there will be answers - but they will continue to match the experience of the person posting it. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/