On 4/25/06, Frank W. Zammetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, April 25, 2006 3:42 pm, Nathan Bubna said: > >> Question: does submitting a patch have to mean having the patch > >> accepted? > >> At first glance, the obvious answer is yes, but I'm not so sure it's > >> really the obvious answer... if someone has submitted a number of > >> patches > >> that were not committed for reasons other than purely technical (i.e., > >> the > >> patch will break X), should those patches be considered? > > <snip/> > > > > forgive me for being blunt, but this is nonsense. who wants a > > committer whose work breaks X? those patches aren't part of the > > "work" of the project. that's a bummer for the submitter, but this is > > not about effort or desire or concern or anything other form of > > interest in a project. it's about merit. if you don't have it, then > > you are s.o.l. Oh, and if you do have it but insist on changing this > > to be more about "interest" than "merit" (i.e. you don't "get it"), > > then you should not be the least surprised when you find a lot of > > resistance. :) > > I think you may have misunderstood... someone who's code breaks X SHOULD > NOT be considered. I didn't say otherwise :) As for interest vs. merit, > I don't at all disagree... merit is what counts. My only point would be > that what constitutes "merit" may not be, or maybe should not be, as > simple as "how many accepted patches has this person put forward". Ted > hinted at that with his commented about the Wiki being considered. I > agree that code trumps all else, as it should be, but should that be the > *only* consideration?
no, not just code; documentation is great too! and personally, the only parts of wiki contributions that ought to be considered are those that become part of the official release/distribution. those are the wiki-submitted patches that have been accepted. > Well, in any case, you raise a good point about the proposal maybe being > more of a paradigm shift than I thought. I may have miscalculated that. > You also raise some other fair points above I think about being a > fundamental change in what community is. > > I sincerely thank everyone that commented, I appreciate you taking the > time out of your busy schedules to at least consider the proposal. I > won't push it any further, being heard and considered is all I could have > expected. thanks for stirring the pot! it's a healthy thing. :) > Frank > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
