On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 8:00 PM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Feb 1, 2013, at 3:46 PM, Rob Weir wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>> -1
>>>>
>>>
>>> I've reverted that commit.  Getting this wrong could have serious
>>> repercussions, so let's make sure we get it right.
>>
>> Not exactly. You left the link which was the main thing I wanted to add! A 
>> full revert would have been anti-social. The sociable thing is to ask the 
>> committer to do it. It's their commit and we are all in this together. OK.
>>
>
> IMHO, the sociable thing is not to feel such exclusive ownership over
> one's commit that one would be offended if someone else reverted it
> because they thought it was harmful.  We are all in this together,
> right?

Nope.  It's universally uncool to revert someone else's commit.  You
raised the -1, let *them* do the revert, after you've provided
convincing rationale to the community...

--tim

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