Re: [vote] turning off nagging until we feel gump is solid enough for that

2004-12-03 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr
On Dec 2, 2004, at 7:10 AM, Ceki Gülcü wrote: At 12:41 PM 12/2/2004, Geir Magnusson Jr wrote: In this case, I'm the moron because I can't figure out what to do in velocity to deal w/ 1.3 (as well as log4j-dependent code that I have elsewhere), other than to make log4j support an option and force

Re: [vote] turning off nagging until we feel gump is solid enough for that

2004-12-02 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
Stefan Bodewig wrote: On Thu, 2 Dec 2004, Eric Pugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is there a feeling that attempting to build with previous versions that passed isn't a good idea? Not at all. It is a very good idea that only needs to get coded. The "only" is the problem here. And I have the algori

Re: [vote] turning off nagging until we feel gump is solid enough for that

2004-12-02 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On Thu, 2 Dec 2004, Eric Pugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a feeling that attempting to build with previous versions > that passed isn't a good idea? Not at all. It is a very good idea that only needs to get coded. The "only" is the problem here. Stefan --

RE: [vote] turning off nagging until we feel gump is solid enough for that

2004-12-02 Thread Eric Pugh
I'm glad to see that Ceki is looking for the same thing I am looking for.. Notification of when my dependee's break due to my code change. I *think* that is MUCH more important then notification of when my dependency breaks. But, it all depends on the projects orientation. The needs of project w

Re: [vote] turning off nagging until we feel gump is solid enough for that

2004-12-02 Thread Ceki Gülcü
At 12:41 PM 12/2/2004, Geir Magnusson Jr wrote: In this case, I'm the moron because I can't figure out what to do in velocity to deal w/ 1.3 (as well as log4j-dependent code that I have elsewhere), other than to make log4j support an option and force users to deal with it. Not my first choice.

Re: [vote] turning off nagging until we feel gump is solid enough for that

2004-12-02 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr
On Dec 1, 2004, at 10:12 AM, Ceki Gülcü wrote: At 03:44 PM 12/1/2004, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: I think it's better if we start to nag ourselves first and see how we can increase the signal/noise ratio before we go back public. It's not only about gump's signal/noise ratio but the attitude adopted

Re: [vote] turning off nagging until we feel gump is solid enough for that

2004-12-01 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
Ceki Gülcü wrote: At 05:27 PM 12/1/2004, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: If you have a better social algorithm that would stop you from feeling insulted, let us know what it is. It's not about me, log4j or velocity, but coming to the realization that 100% backward compatibility is not always possible.

Re: [vote] turning off nagging until we feel gump is solid enough for that

2004-12-01 Thread Ceki Gülcü
At 05:27 PM 12/1/2004, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: If you have a better social algorithm that would stop you from feeling insulted, let us know what it is. It's not about me, log4j or velocity, but coming to the realization that 100% backward compatibility is not always possible. It seems that gump i

Re: [vote] turning off nagging until we feel gump is solid enough for that

2004-12-01 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
Ceki Gülcü wrote: At 03:44 PM 12/1/2004, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: I think it's better if we start to nag ourselves first and see how we can increase the signal/noise ratio before we go back public. It's not only about gump's signal/noise ratio but the attitude adopted when things break. Allowing

RE: [vote] turning off nagging until we feel gump is solid enough for that

2004-12-01 Thread Eric Pugh
nd data > Subject: Re: [vote] turning off nagging until we feel gump is solid > enough for that > > > Eric Pugh wrote: > > I think that it's more complex then just turning it on or off.. I'm in > > favor of turning it off for now if thats the only option.

Re: [vote] turning off nagging until we feel gump is solid enough for that

2004-12-01 Thread Ceki Gülcü
At 03:44 PM 12/1/2004, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: I think it's better if we start to nag ourselves first and see how we can increase the signal/noise ratio before we go back public. It's not only about gump's signal/noise ratio but the attitude adopted when things break. Allowing unaware developers

Re: [vote] turning off nagging until we feel gump is solid enough for that

2004-12-01 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
Eric Pugh wrote: I think that it's more complex then just turning it on or off.. I'm in favor of turning it off for now if thats the only option. What I prefer is that if a prereq doesn't build/builds finally, I don't get nagged. That is what generates (typically) the flood of emails... I only

Re: [vote] turning off nagging until we feel gump is solid enough for that

2004-11-30 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Stefano Mazzocchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think gump's nagging is currently making more noise than signal > and this is hurting our ability to come across as helpful instead of > annoying. Maybe. I agree with Eric that the "you no longer have a problem" mails are a pa

Re: [vote] turning off nagging until we feel gump is solid enough for that

2004-11-30 Thread Leo Simons
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: I think gump's nagging is currently making more noise than signal and this is hurting our ability to come across as helpful instead of annoying. I propose to turn off nagging until we fix this, we are the only one making changes to the metadata anyway, so there is no muc

RE: [vote] turning off nagging until we feel gump is solid enough for that

2004-11-30 Thread Eric Pugh
. I only care if my project doesn't build/builds... Eric > -Original Message- > From: Scott Sanders [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 8:43 PM > To: Gump code and data > Subject: Re: [vote] turning off nagging until we feel gump is solid > enough

Re: [vote] turning off nagging until we feel gump is solid enough for that

2004-11-30 Thread Scott Sanders
+1. Our probes are getting more done than nagging right now. On Nov 30, 2004, at 11:39 AM, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: I think gump's nagging is currently making more noise than signal and this is hurting our ability to come across as helpful instead of annoying. I propose to turn off nagging unti

Re: [vote] turning off nagging until we feel gump is solid enough for that

2004-11-30 Thread sebb
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:39:07 -0800, Stefano Mazzocchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think gump's nagging is currently making more noise than signal and > this is hurting our ability to come across as helpful instead of annoying. > > I propose to turn off nagging until we fix this, we are the only

Re: [vote] turning off nagging until we feel gump is solid enough for that

2004-11-30 Thread Davanum Srinivas
+1 from me. On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:39:07 -0800, Stefano Mazzocchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think gump's nagging is currently making more noise than signal and > this is hurting our ability to come across as helpful instead of annoying. > > I propose to turn off nagging until we fix this, w