[MPlayer-cvslog] r26975 - trunk/DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt

[Diego Biurrun]

On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 03:48:36PM +0300, Ivan Kalvachev wrote:
> On 6/4/08, Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 05:38:32AM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 02:22:54AM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> >> > On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 06:58:49PM +0200, michael wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > Log:
> >> > > List more actions which have proofen controversal in the past.
> >> > >
> >> > > --- trunk/DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt	(original)
> >> > > +++ trunk/DOCS/tech/svn-howto.txt	Tue Jun  3 18:58:49 2008
> >> > > @@ -306,6 +306,9 @@ II. POLICY / RULES:
> >> > >       - use of internal or external libraries
> >> > >       - reverting commits from other developers
> >> > > +     - making the spelling of words consistant without actually
> >> > > correcting
> >> > > +       any spelling errors.
> >> >
> >> > I disagree.  This has been done many times in the past without a single
> >> > problem cropping up.  It's only ever been a problem when a certain
> >> > person was involved.
> >>
> >> This is not exactly true, mans complained about the index/indices change
> >> in ffmpeg and i was not truly happy about it either.
> >
> > Very reasonable people like Mans and Ramiro spoke up in very reasonable
> > ways.  Their comments have been noted for the future, problem solved.
> >
> > Note that this is MPlayer, not FFmpeg.
> >
> >> Besides even after the flamefest, i still honestly do not know if its now
> >> XviD or Xvid that is the proper spelling. I think this part should be
> >> discussed more instead of the "iam correct you are wrong pisscontest".
> >
> > The last thing we need is another bikeshed discussion, much less with
> > Ivan where it will surely degenerate into flames.  And there is no
> > pissing contest going on here.  I already said that I don't care
> > which way it gets spelled as long as it is consistent.
> 
> So you don't mind if I turn all Xvid into XviD?

No, I don't mind as long as you do it everywhere and do it right.  This
means all the documentation, all the code and the homepage.  The end
result has to be consistent, that I do care about.

I do mind wasting my time on further silly bikeshed discussions and I'm
not willing to invest my time into changing things in another direction
when I'm already perfectly happy with the status quo and have plenty of
other things to attend to.

> Problem solved.

The problem is not the spelling but your trollish and confrontational
attitude.

If you had simply voiced your opinion in a civilized manner instead of
acting rashly and confrontational, we could have settled this quickly.
There really was no problem before you set out to create one.

The more confrontational and aggressive you are, the less likely you are
to have people accept your demands.  This is not a particular failure of
my character, it works across the board.

Diego