From: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
I hate it when people become overly defensive and start making
excuses when given harmless observations.
Hi Junio,
It can sometimes be difficult for readers to appreciate which way comments
are meant to be interpreted, especially as one cannot usually 'see' the
issue being raised with one's personal work, no matter who writes them. I
too have to supportively review the work of others (as a volunteer), who
then don't always respond or understand, as hoped, and it can be
frustrating.
It can be very hard to write a reasonable write up that gets the balance
between being on the one hand patronising (e.g. over-explained) and on the
other too terse, and yet still not be too nuanced that the points are
missed. The responder has the similar problem, especially if they have
misunderstood the comment, and then end up just end up digging the hole
deeper by over-explaining their position. Extricating the discussion from
the trap can be tricky.
Thank you for your reviews.
--
Philip