On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 11:19:46PM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote: > > My point is that if you are going to repost a patch that has known > > problems, > > It was not known that it had problems. > > That fact that person X said patch Y had a problem doesn't necessarily > mean that patch Y has a problem. > > 1. The problem in the past might not apply in the present > 2. The problem X person had might be specific to his/her setup > 3. The problem might be due a combination of patches, not the patch > itself > > Plus many others. > > A logical person sees evidence for what it is, and the only thing that > person X saying patch Y had a problem means, is that person X said patch > Y had a problem. Wow. For one thing, you could still relay the _report_ of a problem along with the patch, which would be valuable information for reviewers. But much more important, in my opinion: that you would dismiss without further investigation a report of a bug from the one person who actually had experience running with the patch implies a level of carelessness that I'm not comfortable with for the project. I had already given up on having substantive discussion with you, but I had hoped I could help the project by pointing out relevant facts in areas that you were working in. But if a simple statement like "this segfaulted for me" is not even useful, then I don't see much point in communicating with you at all. -Peff
