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Article #309Re: PLEASE TRY THIS PATCH
From: blueman
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:23
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:23
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Uday S Reddy <uDOTsDOTreddy@cs.bham.ac.uk> writes: > blueman wrote: >> Let's start on a clean slate here and hopefully let's avoid any flame >> wars or recriminations. I think we are both just trying to improve this >> great program. > > That is starting on a kind note, but I don't see much different in > what you are saying. You are not asking for a bug fix. You are > simply asking me to change the program to suit your taste. If the > taste is so important to you, then there is only one way to achieve > it. You have to join the VM development team and take > *responsibility* for maintaining the code. Then you are welcome to > change it according to your taste. Even then, we might debate issues > but your taste will come with a burden of responsibility which will > give it weight. What you are doing now is basically back seat > driving. > I didn't ask you to change it to fit my taste. - I found bugs - I corrected them - I made suggestions for extensions that make the function work better - I coded the changes - I spend a lot of time re-coding the changes multiple times to take into account other inputs - You complain that my code doesn't work for you but you don't supply any details - You go off on your own and code your own change that has multiple deficiencies that I have pointed out - Then you dig in your heels and are unwilling to accept any criticisms of your code -- even though you weren't even interested in these extensions in the first place Such behavior doesn't exactly encourage one to join a development team.
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