You just made my day. This is probably the best e-mail I have ever seen. <3
- Christian -- Christian Hammond - [email protected] Review Board - http://www.reviewboard.org Beanbag, Inc. - http://www.beanbaginc.com On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 11:56 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Of all the things I've introduced > of all ideas I've brought > One stands out as my favorite > ne'er to be forgot. > > It is definitely not jQuery > though at first I was inquisitive > jQuery was adopted because of > another developer's initiative > > Hudson was a "great success" > but hasn't been quite the same > since they renamed it to Jenkins > (I know, it's just a name) > > It isn't the eccentric Clojure > though I love it like my own > Hardly anybody even considered it > (which to this day I still bemoan) > > 'Tis Review Board! > Our former review darling > of code and collaboration > She was a beautiful, swift starling. > > Others tried to court her. > Oh how they tried to woo, > but she played hard to get! > Their advances wouldn't do. > > They thought that she refused > the bug number and hg bundle, > but it wasn't really her! > It was mercurial-reviewboard that fumbled > > So with sword drawn and helmet donned > I crossed the threshold of that lair > of Python code and REST services > and wrote two patches, what a dare! > > Thus she was ours and part of us > she freely served us well > For code reviews and comments back and forth > 'til the changes came, pell-mell. > > The enterprise must roll on! > Its grinding cogs must churn. > We must migrate to Atlassian! > Like a witch at the stake, Review Board would burn. > > 'Tis for the best, they reassured, > All integrated, it's a suite! > Nevermind that their products are all acquisitions, > cobbled together like sausage meat. > > Nevermind their inconsistent editors > Which all require different markups > Nevermind that each product takes > a different query language for lookups. > > So now we work with Crucible > and endure his bitter glare, > his unfriendly user interface, > and slow loads that make us stare. > > Gone is Review Board, and with her > the nice handling of multi-file diffs > and clear commenting on multiple revisions > without any ands, buts, or ifs. > > But she escaped! She got away! > She was not broken asunder > She left for greener pastures > But now I'm left to wonder... > > Review Board, Review Board > oh beautiful Review Board > to where hast thou gone > oh lovely Review Board? > > Is there some other Java team > with an enterprise to serve > giving you the attention and love > that you so need and deserve? > > Or some upstart team using Python > (the version that's plain vanilla) > convinced that they are CRUSHING > their eight-hundred-pound gorilla? > > I hope you're well, ReviewBoard > I miss you, I must say > You really were delightful > Perhaps we'll meet again some day. > > -- > Get the Review Board Power Pack at http://www.reviewboard.org/powerpack/ > --- > Sign up for Review Board hosting at RBCommons: https://rbcommons.com/ > --- > Happy user? Let us know at http://www.reviewboard.org/users/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "reviewboard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Get the Review Board Power Pack at http://www.reviewboard.org/powerpack/ --- Sign up for Review Board hosting at RBCommons: https://rbcommons.com/ --- Happy user? Let us know at http://www.reviewboard.org/users/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "reviewboard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
