Re: [msysGit] [FYI][PATCH] Customizing the WinGit installer

On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 07:08:24AM +0400, Dmitry Potapov wrote:

On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 07:10:37PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

quoted

That changes things. Once some user actually complains, and sends in a 
fix to make the whole dialog optional, I don't see why anybody would ever 
argue against such a patch being accepted.

First, he did not complain. He did not even mention that in the commit
message.

What does that matter? People are complaining now.

He mentioning some other things like removing release notes,
but not the license. Second, I would expect that any change that goes
against the previous achieved agreement may deserve some discussion,
and not blindly accepted just because the user sent a patch.

Are you thinking this is some kind of decision by committee 
organization? NO. Patches are picked up by maintainers. Anyone can 
comment on the patches as they are published.

Okay, I
don't really care whether the installer shows the license or not...

Then why argue about it? I care very much.

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