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Re: What is wrong with Bugzilla? [Was: Re: GCC and Floating-Point]
- From: William Beebe <wbeebe at gmail dot com>
- To: Scott Robert Ladd <scott dot ladd at coyotegulch dot com>
- Cc: Uros Bizjak <uros at kss-loka dot si>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 16:23:13 -0400
- Subject: Re: What is wrong with Bugzilla? [Was: Re: GCC and Floating-Point]
- References: <42988B8C.2090905@kss-loka.si> <4298A5B0.1020304@coyotegulch.com>
- Reply-to: William Beebe <wbeebe at gmail dot com>
On 5/28/05, Scott Robert Ladd <scott.ladd@coyotegulch.com> wrote:
> Brainstorming there may be, but certain folk in the GCC community simply
> like being annoying, perhaps to feed their own sense of self-importance.
> It is quite possible to disagree with someone without be disagreeable,
> as exemplified by Evandro Menezes recently.
>
> ..Scott
It's called polite constructive criticism. Unfortunately, the lack of
civility when offering important judgement isn't limited to this
newsgroup. For example, whenever I feel the temperature rising a bit
too high, I just wonder over to the lkml and lurk awhile until I
realize once more what wonderfully sainted individuals the gcc
developers are.