[Leglug-core] Fwd: Input for Contributions to FOSS Projects [was Re: losetup "size" parameter?]

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From: Shachar Shemesh <shachar at shemesh.biz>
Date: Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: Input for Contributions to FOSS Projects [was Re: losetup
"size" parameter?]
To: Shlomi Fish <shlomif at iglu.org.il>
Cc: pub at goldshmidt.org, linux-il at cs.huji.ac.il


Shlomi Fish wrote:

>
> That's not the case for Subversion ( http://subversion.tigris.org/ ). They
> generally commented on any patch I sent to the developer mailing list or bug
> tracker. Sometimes I had to revise my patch because of very small things,
> including trailing whitespace, or improper indentation.
>
>
>
Subversion have a very specific user attitude policy in place, that more or
less makes all core developers play nice with newbies and incidental
contributers. In that respect, Subversion is the exception that proves the
rule.

Don't get me wrong, I think they have it right. It's just that,
unfortunately, they are the exception (either that, or I personally hit
particular difficult projects).

Shachar


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