Thanks for sharing! ^K
on Dec 17, 2012, Michael Richter <[email protected]> wrote: > >You know, for someone using a tool that hasn't paid for it, you have a real >tone of >overweening entitlement. Perhaps you need to look up the definitions involved >in >"free software" and "open source software". You may wish, in particular, to >pay >attention to the portions of it that involve how to get people to work for you >(for free, I remind you). > > >You should perhaps be thankful that Richard Hipp doesn't share my temperament. > Had >this been my project you would have been silently removed from a real mailing >list >to a black hole one where every email you sent never made it to another >person, even >though you could still read each and every message. > > >As for your later offer of a bounty? Forget it. Your attitude clearly marks >you >as the kind of person who'd be a "client from Hell". I suspect that, given >your >performance on the list so far, you'll find it difficult to hire anybody. You >probably >now rely on the good, kind, professional graces of Richard. May God have >mercy on >your code. > > > >On 18 December 2012 04:58, K <[email protected]> wrote: > > >I don't need to make assumptions, and therefore am not. I'm going off of the >facts, >which I can observe, and which I can present to others. > > > >The file was not deleted. It was moved using Fossil's own "fossil mv" command. >It's >irrational to treat this as a deletion. > > > >If you cannot provide justification for this behavior, we should move to >discussing >the behavior Fossil should exhibit. > > > >^K > > > > > >on Dec 17, 2012, Richard Hipp <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 3:49 PM, K <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>As I said, I did not DELETE any files, but rather moved them. fossil changes >>reported > >>them as RENAMED. And in the check in, they are being reported as DELETED. > >> > >> > >> > >>I'm just asking how in the design of Fossil you justified this decision. >>Please >directly > >>address this vs skirting it. > >> > >>I would guess that when generating the "DELETED" text the code merely notes >>that >a > >>file with that name is no longer part of the check-in and that the code does >>not > >>go to the extra trouble to figure out if the filename changed. > >> > >> > >> > >>You seem to be making the assumption that whoever wrote that bit of code made >>a >deliberate > >>decision to obscure the fact that the filename changed. Why would you assume >>that? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>^K > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>on Dec 17, 2012, Richard Hipp <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>>On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 2:55 PM, K <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>>I'm looking at the page for my file and its history ends as deleted when I >>>did >not > >> > >>>delete it. I moved it, which fossil changes reported as a RENAMED. I >>>commited and > >> > >>>now have the surprise dumped on me that my file was deleted and whatever >>>else, >when > >> > >>>it was not. This is not acceptable to lose the history of a file just >>>because I > >>MOVE > >> > >>>it. I cannot believe this is how Fossil is operating and apparently is >>>expected > >>to > >> > >>>operate. PLEASE JUSTIFY THIS. > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>>I've very sorry that the file history report does not structure the >>>information > >>as > >> > >>>you would prefer. > >> > >>> > >> > >>>All of the information needed to track file changes across renames is >>>contained > >>in > >> > >>>the repository. And, in fact, the "annotate" screens do trace changes >>>across renames. > >> > >>>But nobody has yet taken the time to write a report screen that displays a >>>file > >>history > >> > >>>graph across renames. Perhaps because nobody cares as passionately about >>>this >as > >> > >>>you seem to. The Fossil source code is open-source; you could contribute a >>>solution > >> > >>>if you wanted to. > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>>-- > >> > >>>D. Richard Hipp > >> > >>>[email protected] > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >> > >>>fossil-users mailing list > >> > >>>[email protected] > >> > >>>http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > >> > >>> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >> > >>fossil-users mailing list > >> > >>[email protected] > >> > >>http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>D. Richard Hipp > >>[email protected] > >> > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>fossil-users mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > >> > >_______________________________________________ > >fossil-users mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > > > > >-- >"Perhaps people don't believe this, but throughout all of the discussions of >entering >China our focus has really been what's best for the Chinese people. It's not >been >about our revenue or profit or whatnot." > >--Sergey Brin, demonstrating the emptiness of the "don't be evil" mantra. > > > > >_______________________________________________ >fossil-users mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
