Yes, you have to give to get. In this case give up the viewpoint and get the compromise. Unfortunately, that goes for *everybody*, not just the one, as a compromise is something everybody can live with. If only viewpoints are brought forward, the only thing we can say is: 'we agree to disagree'. Which is also a satisfactory outcome for that moment.
On a related subject: Jacques has asked Michael to share the procedure to be put in a wiki page, so that the burden doesn't rely on 1 contributor. There seem to be no response to that question. Best regards, Pierre Smits ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com> OFBiz based solutions & services OFBiz Extensions Marketplace http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/ On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 2:38 PM, Sharan Foga <sharan.f...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All > > The initiative to setup a unified commit message was to help reduce the > workload Michael has to do each month to compile the blog. > > We are a community and we want to work together and help each other. All > the time we try very hard to reach consensus but sometimes that isn't > possible, so someone has to be willing to compromise, or we take a vote and > that is the way progress is made. > > I can see no compromise happening here at all, instead I see a lot of > effort defending a single position and people getting frustrated on both > sides. A community functions by raising proposals and building consensus. > That means it is about convincing others, not everyone, but the majority > that the proposal has merit, and Michael has successfully done that in > this case. > > I think that if Jacques is not willing to compromise then I suspect that a > formal vote will settle it. Ideally we shouldn't have to go to those > extremes over a single word. > > Thanks > Sharan > > > On 2016-09-22 19:28 (+0200), Jacopo Cappellato <jacopo.cappellato@ > hotwaxsystems.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Rupert Howell < > ruperthow...@provolve.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi yes, reading with interest, I agree with Jacques. > > > Commit messages should be Present Tense Imperative, Imperative Style. > > > > > > > well, now I am a bit confused because Jacques is using Present Tense in > > Third Person ("fixes") and not the Imperative Style ("fix")... but now I > am > > walking on the thin ice since English is not my mother tongue! From what > I > > understand the "present tense imperative" is the suggested style for Git > > repositories... and this reminds me that we should start talking about > > migrating from Svn to Git :-) > > > > Jacopo > > > > PS: Welcome back Rupert! > > >
