Re: A question about patches for upstream

2014-05-06 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Ian Jackson wrote: > Marc Haber writes ("Re: A question about patches for upstream"): >> I understand. Unfortunately, Debian has a number of developers that >> are quite impolite while doing their work. In a real company, such >> pe

Re: A question about patches for upstream

2014-05-06 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Ian Jackson: > We can certainly afford to lose those people. I think they are > driving away valuable but thinner-skinned contributors. > Long-term, I agree with you. Shorter-term, we might have an uphill battle convincing potential new contributors that Debian isn't as harsh an environment

Re: A question about patches for upstream

2014-05-06 Thread Ian Jackson
Marc Haber writes ("Re: A question about patches for upstream"): > I understand. Unfortunately, Debian has a number of developers that > are quite impolite while doing their work. In a real company, such > people would be confined to their development work and kept away from &g