Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:

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> Maybe it's a character flaw. I'll respect people who do something
> interesting, but re-implementing CVS (and badly, at that)

I seem to remember somebody who started out reimplementing Unix, and
badly, at that.  With the help of many other people, this thing
finally became portable to more than i386 and more than AT drives.
Took quite a long time.  The ancient floppy disk code still has the
renown of being one of the worst pieces of drivers all around.

If you find this silly, so do I.  That's the point.

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> or talking about syntactic changes to other peoples projects is not
> going to fill me with respect.
>
> In short, I'll give respect when somebody is shown to be *worth*
> that respect. But respect really has to be earned, not just
> "assumed", otherwise it's pointless.

Cooperation is easier if one is of the opinion rather that disrespect
has to be earned: otherwise you alienate potential contributors before
they even had a chance to contribute.

This difference in approach is one of the things I can't help admiring
in Junio.  And I don't think it is to the detriment of git.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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