RE: Proper attribution of patches

[Armbrust, Daniel C.]

Wow, your still so pissed off about being wrong, now you are attacking all of Harold's 
friends.  Boy, you're a big powerful man.  Let me bow before you.

#1.  I do not know Harold.  All I know about him is what I have learned by following 
this list for about a year.
#2.  I don't know you.  All I know about you is what you are posting to this list.
#3.  I don't need to defend my current opinion.  It is correct.  The only reason you 
are still posting like a 10 year old is because you know it is correct.  If my opinion 
is wrong, why don't you actually respond to the points that I and others have made, 
instead of trying to insult more people?
#4.  My past postings addressed the same issue.  The XFree86 people tend to behave 
like spoiled brat 10 years olds, fighting Harold every way that they can, while he 
continues to remain civil and present facts to support his issue, while the person on 
the other side ignores the facts and calls him names.
#5.  I have taken a small part in many other opensource projects (mostly under the 
jakarta umbrella) and I have never seen someone be as disrespectful and unhelpful as 
you (except for a couple of others on the XFree86 list, the last time they attacked 
Harold).  Maybe someone can enlighten me as to the history of the project 
administrators of XFree86 becoming the enemies of the project?  I would almost think 
they are on Microsofts payroll.

You are continuing to act like a complete schmuck.

Apologies to everyone else that continues to be annoyed by this pissing match.  I'm 
going to start enjoying the holidays now, so I'm done posting for a while :)

Dan



-Original Message-
From: Thomas Dickey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 5:49 PM
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Subject: RE: Proper attribution of patches


On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Armbrust, Daniel C. wrote:

I've seen your postings before, and have no use for your opinions.
(that seems to be a common trait of Harold's friends - I don't have to
address each one of them).

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RE: Proper attribution of patches

[Armbrust, Daniel C.]

Thomas, as a casual observer of your behavior in respect to Harold, your last name 
would describe you better if it were shortened to "Dick".

Here is a Quote from Mr. Dickeys webpage where he is whining about not getting credit 
for patches he wrote:

"This is a collection of some of the patches which I have made to GNU programs. I have 
submitted these patches to the appropriate maintainers, but received no 
acknowledgment. That is, they were ignored. In a few other cases, I have seen my 
changes incorporated without credit, but that is another matter. The former 
(nonexistent or non-responsive maintainers) are preferable to the latter (egotistical 
plagiarists)."

And now, he is the one trying to claim credit for others work.

Very adult of you.  Thomas, you wouldn't let Harold commit patches.  Now that he has 
moved the project, you are stealing his (and in this case) other peoples patches.  Why 
don't you people grow up?

Harold, thank you for continuing the work you do, and for putting up with these 
egotistical jerks in XFree86 land.

Dan


-Original Message-
From: Thomas Dickey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 1:58 PM
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Subject: Re: Proper attribution of patches


On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Harold L Hunt II wrote:

> Thomas Dickey wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Harold L Hunt II wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>Your commit didn't mention this either.
> >>
> >>Our change log is in our release notes, where the changes were
> >>attributed to Ralf Habacker:
> >
> >
> > tsk, tsk: the actual commit on the code change bears only your name.
> >
> > A casual reader of that commit (and of this thread) would gain the false
> > impression that you did the work.
> >
> > Try to make a point the next time you choose to waste my time.
>
> You put *your* name in the change log message, making an active claim
> that you did the work.

get to the point.  or is logic beyond your capabilities?  All you can
focus on is that I didn't put _your_ name on the change.  A shame.
But given your previous behavior, entirely expected.

Your so-called "announcement" was followup email to the _same_ people
who had been able to watch the discussion of the problem.  That's
not an announcement.

hmm - no overall changelog entry for the project, no webpage giving
project news.  Just a mailing list (subscription-only ;-).

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