On 13/12/2012 18:15, Cristian Tibirna wrote:
> (Rethoric: should this go to a more generic qt list?)

[email protected] is probably more suited to discuss this.
Answering anyways without crossposting.

> "I would prefer that you didn't submit this"
>
> reads to my brain much like "go f*k yourself" without the raw words.

You're brain is apparently not alone. I have seen new contributors 
abandoning changes because they thought -1 means exactly that.
The difference between "I would prefer..." and "Do not..." is subtle, 
espescially to non-native speakers.


BR,

Jörg

-- 
Joerg Bornemann
Senior Software Engineer - Digia, Qt
http://qt.digia.com/

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