On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Greg Stein wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 01:29:42AM +0100, Philip Martin wrote:
> > Eric Dorland <eric.dorland@mail.mcgill.ca> writes:
> >...
> > > It's probably
> > > not worth it though. But hey, if it gets my patch in, I'll do it :)
> >
> > I'm not trying to be awkward, I'm just trying to understand the patch
> > without going to the trouble of reading the zlib documentation.
>
> How about a slight change in approach here?
>
> * is the concept useful and applicable? do we really want this feature?
> * is the current code "close enough"? can the tweaks be made to the code
> after it has been applied?
>
> My concern here is that if we ask patch submitters to tweak a nit here, and
> tweak a nit there, each coming in at different times as different reviewers
> find time to look at the code, that eventually the submitter will just throw
> their hands up in the air and go away.
>
> Now, I'm not saying "apply bad patches and fix them later." But I am saying,
> "can we alter the buffer size after the code is in?" or "can the data
> generation occur after the code is in?" It would seem that neither of those
> is fundamental to having the code added such that people can begin to
> exercise it in new ways.
I know it doesn't mean anything coming from me, but +1 this. ;)
Eric has been very very willing to learn the Subversion coding style and
learn how to make good patches. I wish everyone were as patient as he.
Obviously, Eric hasn't learned Hubris yet. ;] (Which is a good thing)
On the other hand, I agree with Greg that nitpicking a patch to death might
turn off some new developers.
-Richard Balint
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