Tone/style of collaboration

[Blair Zajac]

Hi Chris,

Thank you for the apology, much appreciated.

I appreciate trying to short-circuit the back and forth. When I saw your initial request for a single Portfile for py-tensorflow{,1}, my hunch was that it was going to be hard with the Python PG’s subports, but I took 10-15 minutes looking through other ports to see if there was existing work that did this. So I didn’t take it well to short-circuit the discussion.

Also, I am a native speaker.

In any case, all is good. looking forward to continue to working with you on MacPorts.

Best,
Blair


> On Oct 7, 2019, at 1:30 AM, Chris Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> ( Did you really have to forward this on to the devel list ;) ?)
> 
> I apologize if you took any offence, but honestly you read more into them than intended.
> 
> My first comment was really just I was not in the mood at the time to debate what (I thought at the time) in the end boils down to a stylist decision, in my opinion. I was just trying to cut the to-and-fro short.
> 
> I agree the way I phrased this could have been better.
> 
> It was only after sending that that I realised what I was asking for was not as easy given the python PG. So then I conceded the point and agreed with what you proposed, as it being the next best option. Here, honestly, you are reading way too much into the 'you win' comment. Its just a turn of pharse, that perhaps does not come over to others (non native speakers) in the same way as I intended. Again, I apologise.
> 
> Chris
> 
> On 06/10/2019 9:40 pm, Blair Zajac wrote:
>> Hi Chris,
>> This is in regards to a discussion on what to do with py-tensorflow.
>> https://trac.macports.org/ticket/59179#comment:4
>> Specifically, the language
>>   "I will not compromise on this.”
>> and
>>   "Ok, you win.”
>> doesn’t work for me in an open-source community.
>> Regarding “you win”, this isn’t about winning for me. For me, it’s about finding a solution that works and makes things easy and maintainable for.
>> I’m concerned with the "I will not compromise on this.” It’s not the kind of communication and working style I want to see in the MacPorts community.
>> Best,
>> Blair
>