[scribus-dev] correction needed recent commit r19543

[Kunda Loves Scribus]

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 12:32 AM, "Christoph Schäfer" <
christoph-schaefer at gmx.de> wrote:

>
>
> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 30. September 2014 um 22:18 Uhr
> > Von: "Craig Bradney" <cbradney at scribus.info>
> > An: scribus-dev at lists.scribus.net
> > Betreff: Re: [scribus-dev] correction needed recent commit r19543
> >
> > On 30/09/2014 8:57 pm, Kunda Loves Scribus wrote:
> > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 1:46 AM, "Christoph Schäfer" <
> christoph-schaefer at gmx.de
> > > <mailto:christoph-schaefer at gmx.de>> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >     And? Neither the bugtracker nor the commit list need to follow the
> rules of bureaucracy.
> > >     Moreover, the developer mailing list and Mantis do record any
> changes reliably (let alone svn).
> > >     Please don't try to turn Scribus into the equivalent of a public
> agency with obligatory,
> > >     voluminous and unnecessary paper trails.
> > >
> > >     You can be pedantic when it comes to Scribus itself, or licensing
> issues (I'm infamous for doing
> > >     so), but we cannot waste our time by introducing bureaucratic
> rules that may suffocate development.
> > >
> > >     Also: Please use Plain Text, not HTML, for your ML postings.
> > >
> > >     Kind regards,
> > >
> > >     Christoph
> > >     *Gesendet:* Dienstag, 30. September 2014 um 00:18 Uhr
> > >     *Von:* "Kunda Loves Scribus" <scribus.user at gmail.com <mailto:
> scribus.user at gmail.com>>
> > >     *An:* "Scribus Dev Mailing List" <scribus-dev at lists.scribus.net
> > >     <mailto:scribus-dev at lists.scribus.net>>
> > >     *Betreff:* [scribus-dev] correction needed recent commit r19543
> > >     Commit message for r19543 is actually #12733 and not #2733
> > >
> > >     /Kunda
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> > >     http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus-dev
> > >
> > > Hi Christoph,
> > >
> > > re: Plain text
> > > I'm usually thinking about such things. Honestly, I'm not fully used
> to using this type of ML
> > > technology. Sometimes switching from between different types of lists
> that exist today can cause
> > > some forgetfulness. These are things that I try to pay attention to as
> best as possible as well. As
> > > for responding in pure text I need to examine gmail further to see if
> I can specify that. Will look
> > > in to it. I'm pretty sure that reply to this email will _not_ send it
> in plain text. For just this
> > > moment forgive me for doing so.
> > >
> > > re: bureaucracy
> > > I see. Given your response I can feel that this is an important issue
> for you and therefore I'm
> > > noting your position on it for future considerations. Though I am
> pretty certain that my intention
> > > for pointing out what I was pointing out was purely out of 'future
> friendly' concern. In other
> > > words, to be able to correctly and efficiently track down the correct
> revisions based on the commit
> > > message. Also, I was following the intelligent behavior that has been
> modeled and that I've learned
> > > to appreciate existing in the SVN commit process.
> > >
> > > Just to be clear, I have no intention of asserting my ego, quirks, or
> privileges on anybody let
> > > alone 'suffocate development' or introduce unneeded protocols. I, just
> like all of us who
> > > participate, want to see Scribus succeed.
> > >
> > > Now if you see behavior that you'd prefer me to reflect on and change
> I would be willing to listen
> > > and examine your feedback.
> > >
> > > I am in agreement with you to keep Scribus as free as possible from
> bureaucracy.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > /Kunda
> >
> > Kunda - Please ignore Christoph in this case. :)
> >
> > Christoph - lay off the war path :)
>
>
> Im not on a war path, but I must admit I love to fight government and
> corporate bureaucracies -- remember that I'm living in the land of red
> tape. If in doubt, look at this Australian's humourous description:
> http://www.livhambrett.com/everything-i-know-about-germany-germans/what-i-know-about-germans/
> (#80 and 81, both very true) ;) When I smell demands for an action that
> doesn't make sense, but simply serves bureaucratic pedantry, all alarm
> bells start ringing. Thus, demanding that a typo in a commit message must
> be corrected automatically triggers a NO in super-sized capital letters,
> bold and italics ;)
>
>
> No need to worry, though. I'm still relaxed and appreciate Kunda's work :)
>
>
> Christoph


Thanks fellas :)

Christoph, pretty funny link. I had this visual of you actually rolling
around in freshly printed Scribus SVN commit messages enjoying the scent of
the fresh paper and ink. Now if I could just find a squeegee to clean my
minds eye of that visual, that would be great.

I appreciate everybody's work as well. Onward!

Tschüss!
/Kunda
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