From: Earnie B. <ear...@ya...> - 2002-09-25 12:16:29
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Soren A wrote: > > Earnie Boyd <ear...@ya...> wrote around 24 Sep 2002 > news:3D9...@ya...: > > > So, the real problem for this is Soren, or something else? > > In a bad mood tonight, Earnie? > No, I was asking for clarification of > > As per above, this was a major issue (because I decided to make it one > > ;-). I don't know how to comprehend the statement to it's intent. > This, what I have been posting, is very useful information for somebody > who is actually trying to collboratively work on porting issues with GNU > make. It's the guts, the details, the substance. If you are tired or not > interested right now, you really don't have to answer. I didn't mean to offend you, and yes I find your posts most informative with some touches of humor. > > But whatever you do, PLEASE do not turn into cgf and start senselessly, > thoughtlessly, carelessly discouraging people are just doing exactly > what "hard volunteer work" means. If you don't like something about the > style, that's fine but that's just you. > Ouch. > John Cronin posted detailed patches and reports about how far he had > gotten. I spent 10+ hours re-creating his setup painstakingly and then > began testing. I ran into problems right away. I believe this process is > called "beta testing" and "debugging." Where I am at right now is that I > have got John's changes "hardened" (robustified), based on that real > work and not on dogma or commmentary offered while sitting far overhead > with a pair of binoculars and a cocktail in the other hand while I am > really only mostly watching a ballgame on TV. > And it was I who called for the work to be done. And, I'm grateful for everyone's efforts to achieve what I asked for. > I know my articles are weird to look at because as far as I can tell, > this nearly never happens with MinGW or Cygwin or anywhere else. Face > it. The hackers who comprise Us are largely a lot of wanna-be alpha dogs > who, once we smell that another dog has pissed extensively over some > turf, lose interest (because we want to stake out fresh ground of our > own). I for one know that this is a rather counter-productive (if not > outright stupid) aspect of human nature that gets in the way of getting > the highest-quality results. > <snip> One thing you do well is verbosity. ;) As, I said above, I was aiming for clarification. I was trying to clarify in order to be productive. Sorry you were offended. Earnie. |