> "Brian Lyles" <brianmlyles@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >>> I actually meant what I wrote. >>> >>> It is possible that the reason why your patch did not receive any >>> response was because it was uninspiring, looked useless, and did not >>> deserve anybody's attention. But it is also possible that it was >>> lost in the noise. >>> ... >> Thanks for the clarification. I do still think that a change in the >> wording and tone of this section could help make the project appear more >> friendly to new contributors. Phrases like "totally uninteresting", >> "uninspiring", "looked useless", and "did not deserve anybody's >> attention" are all fairly harsh sounding, even if sometimes true. > > You completely lost me. How much harsh words are used before "But > it is also possible" would not make the project sound less friendly > at all. > > Let me try again. > > You see your patch was sent but did not receive any reaction. You > might start thinking: "hmm, perhaps my patch was so horrible" and > you might think all the bad and harsh things about the quality of > your patch. > > But do not let such thought stop you from pinging the thread again, > because the quality of your patch may not at all be the reason why > you did not receive any reaction. It could be just people were > swamped and your patch fell into cracks, and there was nothing wrong > with it. Ah, okay -- I think I am better understanding the intent vs. how I (mis)interpreted it initially. My initial interpretation was more along the lines of "there are two possibilities: Either it was uninteresting, or it got missed". This re-phrasing reads more as "don't assume it was uninteresting, it may have simply been missed". Both true, but the latter reads better in my opinion. Thank you for clarifying. I will let you decide if some updated wording is warranted in future notes from the maintainer, or if I simply interpreted things in a way that you do not think others would. -- Thank you, Brian Lyles
