On 6/15/05, Scott Robert Ladd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gabriel Dos Reis wrote: > > Scott Robert Ladd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > | But an objection from one of the bugmasters *is* enough to keep people > > | from presenting a patch. > > > > Well, I'm not sure. If the report is closed, then you're right. > > However, if the report is not closed, then I think it often happens > > that people who will prepare a patch will look into the report, even > > with the comments from a bugmaster. I know I do it that way, and I > > know other people more knowledgeable of GCC tham me do it that way too. > > When I find a bugmaster's comment incorrect, I say it for the record. > > > > I think you'd need to be more careful in your generalization. > > More precisely, then: > > An objection from one of the bugmasters *is* enough to keep some people > who are new to GCC from presenting a patch. > > Ugh. An inelegant sentence, but perhaps more accurate.
May I turn this into a suggestion: don't be scared away by negative comments of one of the bugmasters, instead continue working on a patch; you are definitely encouraged to do so! And if not the bugmasters, other people affected by the bug will be grateful! Thanks, Richard.
