I wish to withdraw and clarify the scope of my apology earlier on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list regarding my overreaction and emotional response to the replies made by Blake Sullivan on the "private / protected final methods in renderers" thread. I am just as guilty or more guilty in regards to the behaviors exhibited on this thread and am not proud of my quick replies and letting stirred up anger influence my replies.
I have apologized to Blake over the phone for my part in this discussion. I am sorry that I made blanket statements saying that his replies were of no help when I simply wanted to say that no concrete actions were proposed that could be implemented to address the issue. I admit to attempting to cut off the discussion to only the committers and developers to purposely block further replies from Blake. This was unwarranted, unprofessional and simply a bad way to address the problem that was being created in the "discussion" and I should have contacted Blake at that time to work out any personal issues I had with his replies. I also overstated that I was being heckled, but instead should have said that I did not appreciate that the majority of my points, examples, and opinions were being attempted to be shown to be wrong. Regarding this matter I will attempt to privately work with Blake to find a mutual ground where there is a mutual attempt to respect one another and to not use blanket statements about one another's behavior. I am sorry for my part in all of this and making this open source thread turn into something of a soap opera. I am sorry to all those that I offended my attempting to close the discussion, and all those, especially Blake, for anything I have said that degrades them in any way whatsoever. I will make a conscious attempt to not reply too quickly, weigh my responses better and deal with email emotions better in the future. -Andrew
