Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] configure: Disable slirp if --disable-system

[Aleksandar Markovic <aleksandar.m.mail@gmail.com>]

On May 15, 2019 12:07 PM, "Peter Maydell" <peter.maydell@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 14 May 2019 at 20:16, Aleksandar Markovic
> <aleksandar.m.mail@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On May 13, 2019 11:14 PM, "Richard Henderson" <
richard.henderson@linaro.org>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > On 5/11/19 5:47 AM, Aleksandar Markovic wrote:
> > > > If no, the patch shoud be amended. If yes, the commit message
should be
> > > > extended.
> > >
> > > Like what?  I think it's pretty clear as is.
> > >
> >
> > Richard, no. In this case, there is a glaring discrepancy between the
title
> > and the functionality that the change provides. Much better title would
be
> > “configure: Disable slirp if no system mode target is selected”.
> >
> > I leave it to you to find out what can be improved in the commit
message.
>
> Aleksandar: I think this is not really a very productive stance to take.
> Richard thinks the commit message is reasonable. If you have something
> you would like him to change, I think we will reach a useful endpoint
> much more quickly and smoothly if you suggest some new text, rather than
> effectively saying "you need to think of something, and I'm going to keep
> making you rewrite it until you telepathically figure out what the text
> I wanted you to write is".
>

OK, Peter, no problem from my side. I was trying to make Richard think more
about what he writes in his commit messages, and how he organizes his code.
Sorry if this looked unproductive or even perhaps offensive.

Yours,
Aleksadar

> thanks
> -- PMM