[trimmed down heavily by mjg] Felipe Contreras venit, vidit, dixit 05.11.2012 16:22: > On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Michael J Gruber > <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Felipe Contreras venit, vidit, dixit 02.11.2012 17:09: >>> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Michael J Gruber >>> <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > There is no lack of openness from my part. I hear all technical > arguments, and I reply on a technical basis. The problem seems to be > is that you expect the code submitted to be criticized, but not the > criticism it receives. IOW; the submitter has to put up with anything > anybody says about his/her code and ideas, but the *reviewer* is > untouchable; the submitter cannot ever criticize the reviewer. I can Feel free to criticize the criticism, just don't offend the criticizer (be it the reviewer or the submitter). > tell you that doesn't happen in the Linux kernel; the review process > is a _discussion_, not a one-way communication, and discussions can be > heated up, but the end result is better code, *both* sides are open to > criticism, the submitter, *and* the reviewer. Exactly, both. >> And no, using the same or similar language does not make us the same at >> all. Using the same language is the natural prerequisite for successful >> communication. > > Nobody said otherwise. Well, you did in the post I responded to: >>> The dangers of "everyone" following the same style of communication, >>> and making "everyone" feel comfortable, is that "everyone" ends up >>> being the same kind of people In any case, I feel I've showed enough efforts and there's no point in dragging this on. Michael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html