On 22/11/06, Simetrical Simetrical+wikitech@gmail.com wrote:
On 11/22/06, Brion Vibber brion@pobox.com wrote:
Tim Starling wrote:
I usually send my comments directly to the developer. It saves embarrassment, although of course it reduces the benefit to other developers.
Indeed, my purpose is pedagogical. It's I hope good for both the other noobs and old fogies too. Don't feel singled out, Simetrical! :)
Don't worry, I think it's good that you send things to the list. I learned a couple of things from Rob doing that, like "always update the release notes".
I send them here because I'm a rude person who likes to have the benefit of other people reviewing his communications and keeping him in check. ;)
And to the new committers, don't panic; if you will review the commit logs from 27th December 2005 for a while, you will see that I cocked up on an almost regular basis. :)
Note: Tim's embarassment reduction does not apply if you do something really stupid like introduce a major gaping security-level bug into a release branch in time for a point release. ;)
Rob Church