[Qt-creator] gerrit-speak

[Christian Kandeler]

On 12/14/2012 10:05 AM, Joerg Bornemann wrote:
> 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.

We seem to have similar brains, then.

> 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.

I rarely give -1 unless there is something seriously wrong with the 
patch. No score plus a (hopefully) helpful comment is my default reply 
to something that needs more work.


Christian