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He works in SF, as do we. It makes sense, given the context. I like face to face discussions. It would have been nice to talk to him about what he's building,
by brndnmtthws 11y ago
He works in SF, as do we. It makes sense, given the context.
I like face to face discussions. It would have been nice to talk to him about what he's building, and what he's trying to accomplish. Google hangouts would have worked, too.
- helper 11y agoWritten communication can be a lot more work, but it is also a lot healthier for your opensource community. Its turns into something that is googleable for new people trying to understand the rationale behind decisions. It is more accessible for people in your community that are not native english speakers or who do not feel comfortable speaking the language while still being able to read and write it.
- justin66 11y ago> It would have been nice to talk to him about what he's building, and what he's trying to accomplish. I'm pretty sure he is merely (!) building tests that demonstrate defects in distributed systems software. I wonder if you think that makes the issues he files against your software somehow less valid.
- tptacek 11y agoI think what he's trying to accomplish is running the same kinds of tests on Chronos that he's famously run on almost every other important open source distributed system, and that his writeup gives you probably the most important info you need on how to make your stuff more amenable to that kind of adversarial automated testing.
- wglb 11y agoIt makes sense, given the context It seems the context is "if it isn't tested, it is broken". One might surmise that the kind of testing he did on your software is a kind that you did't do. I would disagree with face-to-face being a useful way to confront a painful bug report.