I haven't got Paul's message yet (gmail is acting funny), so I am replying here.
There is no style for this list :-) The reason that I posted the challenge was explicitly to involve more people in the project. And I did this with the full expectation that they would have to go into a pretty big and pretty complex code base. It is natural to get lost on first sight of such a code base, and questions about it should be encouraged and answered. >From the several messages to which I did answer, it seems like Paul's had exactly the same reaction to an unfamiliar code base as most of us would have. Even for silly questions, which I don't think those were, an appropriate response would be to put to the documentation or some reference. If, and only if, we are inundated with people asking silly questions we can start pointedly referring them to the documentation. And I, for one, would be happy to have that problem. On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Stuart Laughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 7:16 AM, webpaul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Simon is certainly right in that I've bit off a bigger piece than I > > thought I was. I've only used Rhino Mocks in a few limited ways and > > didn't realize there was more to it, so clearly I need to take some > > more time to understand things. Seems like the style here is to go > > away, finish a problem and come back instead of talking about it while > > working on it. So I'll spend some more time understanding things and > > see what I can do then. > > > > Can I chime in as a rhino-tools-dev lurker? > > Coming back with a complete final solution is good, but seeing how it > was worked out is better. Most people, when posting a final solution, > don't have time to write up a concise explanation showing how their > code evolved, their false starts, etc. This is totally understandable > and why I argue that it's good to talk about the solution while > working on it. > > Regardless of whether you agree with that or not, I would like to > think that we can all agree that calling someone who does this a > spammer is completely out of line. Not only is it a patently false and > inflammatory accusation, but the message that conveys the accusation > is ironically much more spam-like than what's being complained about > in the first place, since it's completely off-topic and worth less > than nothing in the list archives (similar to my own message, I might > add). > > For people who don't want to see a lot of list messages go by, there > are email clients with a threaded display (like GMail), and there are > digest and summary options available on the list. You may read this > list any way you choose, or not at all. > > This is certainly not intended as a personal attack on Simone, but > rather an attack on this particular behavior of complaining about > people who use the list in a way someone deems inappropriate for one > reason or another (which has, of course, occurred on every list since > time immemorial). > > > --Stuart > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Rhino Tools Dev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rhino-tools-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
