Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > David Kastrup <dak@xxxxxxx> writes: > >> Philippe Vaucher <philippe.vaucher@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> Thanks for the explanation. I think it underlines well the A) >>> technical issues (quality commits) and the B) social issues (ability >>> to communicate in a friendly way & respond constructively), which we >>> discovered are both *essential* for contributing to git. >> >> I'm not entirely convinced of that: there is something akin to drop-dead >> gorgeous code: code that is so well done that it would not matter with >> regard to its maintenance whether or not its author dropped dead because >> it's both done well as well as documented in a manner where the original >> author could not offer significant additional help. > > I would have to say that you are living in a fantasy land. During > the entire life of Git, I do not think I ever saw such a code that > is perfect from the get-go and did not require any maintenance to > adjust to the changing time. You are attacking a straw man. "where the original author could not offer significant _additional_ help" does not at all equate "does not require any maintenance". -- David Kastrup -- 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