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Re:"Open Source is awful in many ways, and people should be ... by Diederich on Monday October 06, 2014 @01:04PM (#8416924)
I think this is another false dichotomy. It's quite possible to efficiently limit the damage someone can cause to a project without resorting to verbal abuse.

Most simply, refuse to merge their stuff unless it has quality. You don't have to hold their hand; say: "You are making the same mistakes over and over again. Your stuff isn't going to get merged, and we're not going to spend any time explaining to you why."

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Re:"Open Source is awful in many ways, and people should be ... by tetha on Monday October 06, 2014 @02:29PM (#8417337)
> and we're not going to spend any time explaining to you why."

"any more time", please. The context should imply this, but some situations require high clarity.

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Re:"Open Source is awful in many ways, and people should be ... by Diederich on Monday October 06, 2014 @02:36PM (#8417382)
I don't think 'high clarity' requires the use of verbally abusive language.
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Re:"Open Source is awful in many ways, and people should be ... by Dylan16807 on Monday October 06, 2014 @03:45PM (#8417820)
That is both obviously true and bears no connection to the post you're replying to.
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