On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
>> My own experience is different from yours, I guess. I actually like
>> it when I post a patch, or suggest a concept, and Tom fires back with
>> a laundry list of reasons it won't work.
>
> This can be a problem with new submitters, though. If you're not used
> to the current community dialog, that email can be taken as "your idea
> is stupid because" rather than what it actually means, which is "fix
> these issues and resubmit, please". That's often not clearly
> communicated, and is important with new submitters.
>
+1 to this as well. I definitely felt that way when submitting my
first patch. Robert might even recall a convo at a conference that he
and I had about it. If not for that I might have given up long ago.
Now I can say I am used to it though, and I appreciate the honest and
constructive criticism I receive because over time I have seen that
Tom and others are even critical of themselves and it's really for the
betterment of the final product.
