Well, when I read both messages, I read just as much subtext in the original message as Tom's reply. No more, no less.
To take "personal offence" at what Tom wrote, I think you'ld need to take "personal offence" at the way the way the initial proposal (or rather, more the "it just needs to be done") came in. But hey, maybe I've been around LKML too much just have no personal-offence-o-meter left... a. * Andy Lester <[email protected]> [090501 16:03]: >> Well, a volunteer whose first proposed contribution is a patch to add >> modelines to every file in the tree (with the clear subtext that we're >> idiots to not have thought of it before) > > No subtext at all. Perhaps the volunteer figured nobody ever bothered > with it before. > > >> should expect a bit of >> push-back. If he'd phrased it as "would this be a good idea?" then >> I would have reacted differently. > > > But since he didn't, it's OK to be insulting? > > -- > Andy Lester => [email protected] => www.theworkinggeek.com => AIM:petdance > > > > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list ([email protected]) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers -- Aidan Van Dyk Create like a god, [email protected] command like a king, http://www.highrise.ca/ work like a slave.
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