Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 12:26 AM, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Sat, Jun 08, 2013 at 09:17:56PM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote: >> >>> > Definitely, yes. Even if you look at the impact on code alone and >>> > don't care about the people, destroying a collegial work environment >>> > is harmful enough to the code to outweigh the (admittedly often >>> > useful) patches. >>> >>> A collegial work environment is overrated, and proof of that the Linux >>> kernel, where honest and straight talk is the bread and butter of the >>> mailing list. And the Linux kernel is the most successful software >>> project in history by far. It's code that speaks. >> >> Sorry, but I don't agree, and I want to publicly state my opinion so >> that Jonathan (and other bystanders on the list) knows that he is not >> alone in his opinions. FWIW, I'll add my voice here. In addition to what has been said by Jeff and Jonathan already (and with which I agree), I would like to point out one observation about your style of discussion that I find particularly unproductive. You have a tendency, when facing arguments by someone who does not agree with you, of picking out one (usually minor) point of their statement and attacking just *that* on grounds that are usually much harder to argue, without regard for the bigger issue. In effect you are attempting to shift a significant burden of proof back to the other party. Case in point: >> I have consistently found your demeanor on the list to be very >> unfriendly and difficult to work with. It is one thing to have honest >> and straight talk, and another thing to be obstinate, unmindful of >> feedback (both with respect to technical details, as well as to >> communication styles), and disrespectful of other people. > > Go back to my 261 commits, show me one that is "unmindful of technical details". -- Thomas Rast trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch -- 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