From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64C92BC6B for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 18:55:56 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAE/cMkfAXQInh2dsb2JhbACPAAEBAQgKKQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,390,1188770400"; d="scan'208";a="4210308" Received: from concorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.39]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 08 Nov 2007 18:55:56 +0100 Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lA8HttNV026402 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 18:55:56 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAPfcMkfUGyoki2dsb2JhbACPAAEBAQgEBgkZBw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,390,1188770400"; d="scan'208";a="4040373" Received: from smtp6-g19.free.fr ([212.27.42.36]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 08 Nov 2007 18:55:55 +0100 Received: from smtp6-g19.free.fr (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp6-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 689065FE68; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 18:55:55 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (che78-2-82-237-71-191.fbx.proxad.net [82.237.71.191]) by smtp6-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5B055FE4C; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 18:55:54 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <47334DAA.80407@inria.fr> Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:55:54 +0100 From: Xavier Leroy User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070620) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Till Varoquaux Cc: caml-list Subject: Re: [Caml-list] STOP (was: Search for the smallest possible possible Ocaml segfault) References: <9d3ec8300711080617g1b023711o1a8f9aa50b7874@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9d3ec8300711080617g1b023711o1a8f9aa50b7874@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 47334DAB.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 segfault:01 ocaml:01 bug:01 bug:01 repro:98 ling:98 caml-list:01 caml:02 caml:02 acknowledged:03 bugs:03 let:03 cent:94 i'd:06 Guys, Before posting this kind of messages, I'd like you to stop for a second and think about what you're doing. The answer is: a disservice to the Caml community. (This also applies to most of Skaller's rants and some of Harrop's marketing, by the way.) Yes, OCaml has bugs, like all software of this complexity -- and probably a lot less than your own software. Be supportive and cooperative: post bug reports with repro cases where they belong, on the bug tracking system, and let us developers handle them the way we see fit. That kind of snickering posts is neither helpful nor supportive. What benefits do you expect from trashing Caml in public? Especially since most of you never paid any cent for it, and some of you make a living out of it. > My impression was that bug reported via the mail ling list were > acknowledged faster, I'm putting this theory to the test. You've just demonstrated out that this practice is very effective at pissing me off. Are you satisfied? - Xavier Leroy