[Development] [FYI] new git-gpush features, a.k.a. the smart way of pushing to gerrit

[Oswald Buddenhagen]

On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 11:45:21AM +0200, Joerg Bornemann wrote:
> On 24-Oct-14 11:37, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> >> What is rationale for the "technical enforcement"?
> >>
> > years of preaching "don't rebase unnecessarily" and "don't create
> > spurious dependencies" being mostly ineffective. "i pushed an update to
> > your change, take care not to overwrite it accidentally" being futile on
> > a regular basis. people demanding ridiculously short review cycles,
> > because waiting for a review "holds them up for 'process' reasons". etc.
> > iow, the usual results of inattentivenes, indifference (unless one is
> > the reviewer affected by it, of course), impatience, and sheer laziness.
> > and sometimes even genuine mistakes.
> 
> I for one already did this manually where it made sense.
>
did it ever occur to you that what you deem sufficient might not be
viewed that way by the receiving end?

> Some of us don't.
> 
yes. what would be your *good* reason to accept this given a way to get
it right, always, at zero cost?

> Anyways, you missed the chance to convince people from the awesomeness 
> of your script before pissing everybody off with your megalomania.
> 
i don't need to convince anyone of its awesomeness - the script will do
that itself. otoh, your obstinate refusal to even try it doesn't speak
for *your* character. in fact, it reminds me of a querulous, defiant
child below ten.