[OT] Re: PING#2 Re: PING *objc, NeXT runtime, testsuite changes*

[IainS]

On 25 Mar 2010, at 09:50, Dave Korn wrote:

> On 25/03/2010 09:24, IainS wrote:
>
>> If this is OK, I'd prefer to do this too.
>
>> I'd prefer that option too
>
>
>  You're in a slightly trickier situation, because you don't have  
> commit
> rights yet, so you're already relying on asking someone to do you a  
> favour to
> check your changes in for you, and people might feel a little  
> subconsciously
> put-upon at being asked to do a bunch of manual reformatting  
> gruntwork as
> well....  Strategically, I'd suggest that when you do this, you also  
> mention
> that you'll gladly send a copy of the fully-formatted changelog off- 
> list to
> whoever is willing to commit your patch, for their convenience; I  
> expect that
> if you make the offer, your willingness will mollify people's  
> subconscious
> grumps enough that they won't actually ask you to nine times out of  
> ten. :)

Good Point - actually, I'm preparing a formatted ChangeLog for Part 2  
of the ObjC tests patch anyway ...
... it's too long and repetitive to be worth putting in directly.

I wonder how successful harvesters are at pulling stuff out of  
attachments?

Iain