On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 at 12:37 -0600, Michael Halcrow wrote: > On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 08:45:36AM -0700, Hans Fugal wrote: > > On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 at 07:23 -0800, Jonathan Ellis wrote: > > > I was in this situation once. I did a total refactor of a sf > > > project (ImportScrubber) and the owner said, Great! You're the > > > new maintainer! > > > > > > So be careful. :) > > > > Heh. Well I wouldn't really mind that, so long as it doesn't offend > > him in the process. > > In Open Source Software development, you aren't going to last long if > you are always preoccupied with trying to keep from offending people. > > <Agent Smith voice>It is inevitable</Agent Smith voice>. > > I think Christoph Hellwig is a wonderful illustration of this > principle: > > http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0505.2/0455.html > > :-)
Whenever I get to feeling like I'm too nice, I just meander on over to the plug mailman administration page and flip that reply-to bit. Works like a charm every time. -- Hans Fugal ; http://hans.fugal.net There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself. -- Johann Sebastian Bach
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