Re: Ousting bad people (was: Don't hardcode a limited set of markup signatures. (issue969046))

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi David,

>> For the record, I am appalled at David's etiquette -- which is to say,
>> complete lack thereof
> 
> Thanks for that important observation.
> It is likely to improve the quality of contributions.

Choose your own response here: #1 if [by some fluke of mao] you're not being 
your usual sarcastic, condescending, and socially-inept self, and #2 if you're 
being your usual sarcastic, condescending, socially-inept self.

#1. That's great!

#2. It may not improve your interest in contributing -- which you appear to 
believe is the only way of improving the quality of contributions overall -- 
but it had a small chance of improving the interaction between you and the 
other Lilypond developers, which had a small chance of improving the flow of 
contributions into Lilypond, which had a small chance of improving the overall 
base code.

> Having my chains yanked is not something I deal with gracefully.

Funny... I'm still waiting to see one thing that you *do* deal with gracefully.

> There is no shortage of them: they are easier to recruit than coders.

I'd rather have a civil community built around an excellent but 
slightly-defective and slowly-improving Lilypond than an uncivil bitchfest 
built around an excellent but only-slightly-less-defective and 
slight-more-quickly-improving Lilypond, which is what you are in danger of 
fostering.

Regards,
Kieren.