On 2016-12-21 04:09, Simon Taylor wrote:
Hi Alex,
On 20 Dec 2016, at 23:42, kallisti5 <kallisti5@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Good evening,
I've been struggling with the package kit... it is in *really* rough shape.
Although I understand your frustration, may I humbly suggest you need
to work on your tone in these emails.
Both here and in #12917 you use words like “*really* rough”, “ugly”,
“ridiculous” to describe code and decisions made by other contributors
who have built up a huge cache of respect from me in my 16 years
following the project.
You even mentioned in #12917 that “this all isn’t any kind of attack”,
which Ingo responded to saying that he didn’t perceive it as such but
had put a large amount of thought into the issues with Oliver.
An approach offering more respect for the original authors and seeking
their thoughts on potential improvements will set the discussion off
on a better foot and probably yield more helpful contributions from
others.
I imagine the current API doesn’t have many consumers and has been
designed for their needs, so adding new users will potentially require
some API adjustments. Such is life in software development.
Thanks for all of your contributions of time and effort in recent
years, and long may it continue, I certainly don’t want to put you
off. There’s just a few times where I’ve winced at the tone of your
previous emails, and eventually thought I’d mention it.