Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763852AbXEYQY6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 May 2007 12:24:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761356AbXEYQYt (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 May 2007 12:24:49 -0400 Received: from an-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.132.250]:50157 "EHLO an-out-0708.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759708AbXEYQYs (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 May 2007 12:24:48 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=bkXnF5Fvo9tSdkDMrUDju3j9Ul+ZcIPuZgW6owIgINPoORYPg0ucSvkJr7EKDZ32UB2dpJoCMizbAYnAu5iD4vebItnQq4JDC/zz/bItxLSBiZY6ay6wP1yQLec4D0pH/KPXPb90YjIB0QNIcFbyR2vYjBstDZZuAfiYpgHNG3s= Message-ID: <7b69d1470705250924x7ab2441bicee5d8cda7ff0d52@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 11:24:46 -0500 From: "Scott Preece" To: "Bernd Eckenfels" Subject: Re: [PATCH - 1/1] Documentation/HOWTO Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1096 Lines: 24 On 5/18/07, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > In article you wrote: > >> bugs is one of the best ways to get merits among other developers, because > >> not many people like wasting time fixing other people's bugs. > > ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ > > > > you might want to find a less demeaning term for debugging than --- I'm pretty sure an economist would describe debugging as wasted time (non-value-add). The point being, of course, that the original coder's mistakes caused someone else to have to waste time, time that could otherwise have been spent adding value, fixing the problem. However, it might be phrased more diplomatically in this context, like "because you are sacrificing time that could be spent adding features, to fix somebody else's mistakes". scott - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/