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Re: Make mailer.py send to NNTP and match logmsg on regex

From: Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:39:30 +0300 (Jerusalem Daylight Time)

Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 at 10:01 +0200:
> Gavin Baumanis <gavinb_at_thespidernet.com> writes:
>
> > Hi Lars,
> >
> > Whether *everyone* agrees or not is almost irrelevant.
> >
> > It's always advisable to follow;
> > http://subversion.tigris.org/hacking.html#patches
> > when submitting any patch.
> >
> > As the patch submitter - you're in the best place to do this work,
> > because you inherently know the intent of the patch you propose.
> >
> > If you need assistance (with the code or with following the patch
> > submission guidelines), don't be shy to ask.
> > Most on the list, are almost to a fault, generous with their time for
> > mentoring.
>
> This was not really a patch submission at all, but more of a request for
> interest.
>
> If anyone (not everyone) is interested in seeing this functionality in
> mailer.py, then I'll work to make that happen with nice patches that
> follow every regulation you might have, but until then I won't bother.
>

If you don't want to follow the (simple) "regulations", we can't make
you. And I won't try.

But you can at least post a version of the patch cleaned up to the point
where people can pick it from the archives and apply it locally (*without*
their bosses vetoing them on grounds that "Even the author says it's
dirty!").

> (You didn't just send me your pre-canned response to these kind of
> messages did you, without reading the message?)
>
>

Gavin didn't.

And, by the way, accusing the person who was only trying to help you
doesn't help.

Daniel

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