[Qt-creator] gerrit-speak

Joerg Bornemann joerg.bornemann at digia.com
Fri Dec 14 10:05:36 CET 2012


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

development at qt-project.org 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

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Joerg Bornemann
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