On Monday 26 July 2010 09:08, [email protected] wrote: > On 07/26/10 02:01, Denys Vlasenko wrote: > > It boils down to this: > > > > * Peter posted a patch which implements a feature > > * You do not dispute usefulness of that feature, but feel that > > another feature, namely creating gzipped pages on demand, > > will be also useful > > * No one says that your proposed feature is bad > > * But you repeatedly state your opinion > > > > This last point makes it look like you want someone to implement it, > > but you do not want to say that in the open, fearing (rightly) > > that the reply might be "why don't*you* implement it if you want it?" > > > > Well I would have though the ongoing discussion with Peter had been a > pretty "open" suggestion that he extend what he had done. When someone > had there nose into a particular part of the code and is actively > working on it that would seem the most obvious first stop. > > I *don't* need it , as I stated I use lighttpd, and this is one of the > reasons. > > It boils down to this: > > Peter submitted a new feature and I thought I could contribute an idea > that would make it more useful.. I don't have the time to get familiar > with the code and thought that someone already working on this could > extend this (new feature if you will) with almost trivial effort and > code size.
Yes. I bet he understood you the first time. When you insist with your suggestions that someone else needs to do it, that's when it is likely to be perceived badly. For the comparison, it usually goes much better if you yourself expend some effort into making it happen. (BTW, you aren't alone. I was doing this too when I was new to all this open-source development thing...) > I thought I may be able to contribute with this suggestion. You already did. I am simply saying that pressing Peter into doing what you think is a good idea is not productive anymore. You can either implement it yourself. Or wait until someone else does it. Or, I don't know, hire someone to do it. But just talking about it again and again is useless. -- vda _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
