On Fri, 22 Nov 2013, J. Lewis Muir wrote: > On 11/22/13 11:17 AM, Giancarlo Razzolini wrote: > > If it's offensive for you, compile your own spamd man page with > > the diff you so happily provided, and live the rest of your life > > happy. Remember to always take this pill again on 1st of May, and 1st > > of November, every year. > > Hi, Giancarlo. > > Well, no one wants to maintain a patch forever. I'd maintain it for a > while if there was a good chance it would get accepted at some point, > but if there's no chance, then I wouldn't bother. > > I'm a little puzzled over the whole resistance to the patch. If I > wrote a man page for some software I wrote, and if an example in it was > considered off-color by someone, and that someone submitted a patch to > me to change it slightly to no longer be off-color to them, and they > asked in a kind way, and the patch didn't hurt the clarity of the man > page in any way, I would likely accept the patch. How am I hurt by it? > I may not agree with the person, but why would I insist on keeping an > example that seems off-color to them? If it's somehow offensive to them > and can be changed in a small way not to be, then I would accept the > patch to change it. Everybody wins--no big deal.
I don't know about others, but I tend to say something that offends others far more often than others saying something that offends me. It's not that I intend to offend people -- in many cases I have no idea why they were offended. For the most part, I've given up worrying about it. Eric
