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[Robert Watson]

On Sat, 13 Mar 2010, Rui Paulo wrote:

>>> There's a lengthy discussion about this on another mailing list.
>>> 
>>> This is unlikely to be changed and emailing the committer who provided 
>>> valuable time on this code wastes his time and everyone else's.
>> 
>> So the user - the person to whom the software is made, theoretically - 
>> don't have the right to disagree when he sees a change that looks confusing 
>> "because the committers's time is too valuable". Sorry, I was not aware of 
>> that policy. Please forgive my audacity. Keep in mind that we, the users, 
>> are a bunch of idiots that don't like to become astonished by sudden 
>> changes in the meaning of the symbols that we use to see. Thanks God we 
>> have you, the holly committers to protect us from our own ignorance.
>
> You said that, I didn't. Please refrain from distorting my own words. If you 
> want something discussed, do it on the other list and, please, do it with a 
> grown up attitude because, quite frankly, what you wrote doesn't make sense.

Guys, this is getting out of hand.  All three messages in this thread were 
over the top, and a step back would be healthy at this point.  Please assume 
that everyone involved here is a reasonable person, and that the origin of 
this disagreement lies in miscommunication: Rui assumed Carlos saw the 
(extensive) original thread and wasn't letting it die, and most likely Carlos 
never saw the thread and now feels unfairly accused.  I certainly missed the 
original thread myself, and was a bit taken aback by Rui's reply until I 
managed to dig it up and see more context.  Continuing the discussion any 
further would be unproductive, in this light.  So, please, give it a rest.

Robert