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On mockingOn mockingPosted Jun 14, 2012 12:08 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304)Parent article: On mocking
I saw the subject line and thought 'something about software testing?'
Clearly I badly need a life outside software development.
I note that in my experience 'more professional' is a word used by managers to mean 'more humourless out of legal fear that someone will be offended by any use of humour whatsoever'. The free software community *has* become more professional in the strictly formal sense that more of us are being paid to hack -- it has also become notably less adversarial and more willing to do a bit of mentoring when necessary. It's less "professionalism" than it is simple human decency under fire.
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On mocking Posted Jun 14, 2012 15:44 UTC (Thu) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link] I saw the subject line and thought 'something about software testing?'Me too! How sad. Also, an article on mock testing would be nice :) The free software community *has* become more professional in the strictly formal sense that more of us are being paid to hack -- it has also become notably less adversarial and more willing to do a bit of mentoring when necessary.In a comment to the original article I was shocked to see a kernel developer say that ignoring mail would appear unprofessional, while insulting the other part just "seemed to work". Talk about priority inversion...
On mocking Posted Jun 20, 2012 14:08 UTC (Wed) by sitaram (subscriber, #5959) [Link]
Having dealt with people who ignore emails completely, I can honestly say there is nothing more insulting.
An actual insult is peanuts compared to that.
On mocking Posted Jun 20, 2012 20:49 UTC (Wed) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link] So ignoring obnoxious correspondents (who have been politely told off, only to come again with more demanding requests every time) achieves the objective of "insulting" them, without alienating the audience. Beautiful!
On mocking Posted Jun 28, 2012 6:58 UTC (Thu) by gps (subscriber, #45638) [Link]
hah, me too. I was hoping for something on improvements in kernel unit testing. alas, one can dream...
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