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Re: Questionable "cosmetic changes" commits
From: |
Raghav Gururajan |
Subject: |
Re: Questionable "cosmetic changes" commits |
Date: |
Sun, 20 Dec 2020 07:07:03 +0000 |
Hi Bengt!
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> │ "So I removed the comments." │
> └──────────────────────────────┘
> Raghav, I think you may not grok the social signalling of a statement like
> that :)
My apologies! I didn't mean that with a negative connotation.
> It sounds like you are overlooking the _social_ need for consensus
> in modifying a shared environment.
>
> Taking a picture off the wall of a shared living room is different
> from taking the same picture off the wall in your private room.
>
> A git commit in a jointly developed FLOSS project is modifying a shared
> living room.
> (But do what you like in your own git repo ;-)
>
> The social aspect is not about the technical merits of of your changes,
> it's about the difference between joint ownership and private ownership,
> and the differences in exercising owner rights.
I understand. When the patch was in the mail-list for a while, I assumed folks
were okay with the changes. I am glad that Mark shared the concerns. This gave
me an opportunity to be in consensus with others. :-)
I will be changing my work-flow to prevent this issue from happening again.
Regards,
RG.
- Re: Questionable "cosmetic changes" commits, (continued)
- Re: Questionable "cosmetic changes" commits, Hartmut Goebel, 2020/12/02
- Re: Questionable "cosmetic changes" commits, Raghav Gururajan, 2020/12/03
- Cosmetic changes commits as a potential security risk (was Re: Questionable "cosmetic changes" commits), Mark H Weaver, 2020/12/05
- Re: Questionable "cosmetic changes" commits, Raghav Gururajan, 2020/12/20
- Re: Cosmetic changes commits as a potential security risk (was Re: Questionable "cosmetic changes" commits), Raghav Gururajan, 2020/12/20