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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: Integrated subset of make_it_cool
From:       Chris Kuhi <kdelists () kuhi ! net>
Date:       2002-12-26 22:32:47
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On Thursday 26 December 2002 18:57, Zack Rusin wrote:
> On Thursday 26 December 2002 03:32, don@sanders.org wrote:
> > I've integrated a subset of the make_it_cool changes into HEAD.
>
> Hmm, I'm not sure what to say. Personally I'm rather pissed because I've
> spent a good few hours extracting the patches from make_it_cool to
> adopt to the small diff strategy. Marc has spent a lot more on it so I
> can imagine that he's more unhappy than I am.

I'm in the same category as Joseph and Klas who posted above, and I can only 
say I'm aghast at the attitude that is displayed by Don on this list.  Don, 
it's apparent that you are a very skilled programmer and your overdone 
signature is superfluous to that impression, however your people skills need 
a lot of work.

I'll admit I've been sympathetic to a lot of your mails, especially since it 
appears Marc does pour oil on the fire in verbal exchanges with you, but 
please don't act like that excuses you doing anything you want without regard 
to the other developers: Regardless of the history, regardless of how much 
you have contributed to KMail, you don't *own* it; it's the result of the 
work of many people and a lot of contributions are much more ephemeral than 
cvs commits.  Organization, cooperation and being respectful to others are at 
least as important as being a hotshot programmer, and if you exhibit these 
qualities you won't need to toot your own horn so much, other people will 
toot it for you.

You have a lot of great ideas, and I'm looking forward to trying out a lot of 
the features you have implemented and are implementing in make_it_cool, but 
frankly those features will end up in KMail sooner or later even without you, 
and ignoring what the other developers are doing will only make it later 
because the other developers are more likely to pay attention to your 
personality rather than your technical arguments.

Please don't lose sight of the fact that if you're working on this project you 
will have to make compromises sometimes.  If you want people to be impressed 
with you, show us how you can swallow your pride and accept that your way 
isn't always the only (or even the best) one.  I'm sure you would get a lot 
more praise by doing that than by having the fastest commit in the West.

regards,
-- 
Chris Kuhi
Email: chris@kuhi.net

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