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[+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -36 points 2 years ago (1 child) features and bug fixes from over 78 contributors Is it 79, then? Can't even force myself to read this any further. Can someone from github of all places, please hire a writer who can actually write? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) Maybe there were 78 committers. But other people contributed to the release in some other way (QA?), but that may be more difficult to count than just looking at the commit stats ... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -23 points 2 years ago (2 children) Sorry, I failed to relay my point. When somebody writes over x amount - it's always a rounded number. This smells of either pre-highschool levels of language or some ML generated content. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) The author of the blogpost is a developer, not a professional writer. Honestly I don't understand why you're so upset about it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -20 points 2 years ago (3 children) I'm upset about it because it lacks attention to detail. Language is tricky, but this is an attempt to use an expression without understanding what it is. The obvious choice would've been to not use it and state the numbers plainly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Tamo@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago Perhaps the numbers are not plainly available as the previous commenter stated, and they wanted to call out the direct contribution of the 78 unique commit authors, without disregarding many other indirect contributions from commenters, reviewers, testers etc. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Marzepansion@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) It's perhaps better that patch notes are written by programmers and not linguists. Incorrectly using a (harmless) phrase is perfectly okay. It doesn't detract from the important bits of the announcement at all. edit: damn, that's a big reaction for an accidental mistake someone wrote in a patch notes highlight article. permalink fedilink source parent [–] severien@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) The obvious choice would’ve been to not use it and state the numbers plainly. How would you write it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -9 points 2 years ago (1 child) The open source Git project just released Git 2.42 with features and bug fixes from 78 contributors, 17 of them new. There. Simple. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) But there were more contributors, you just don't know how many. By this you're kind of disregarding their work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -10 points 2 years ago (1 child) No there aren't, stop making things up. From the official release notes: The latest feature release Git v2.42.0 is now available at the usual places. It is comprised of 453 non-merge commits since v2.41.0, contributed by 78 people, 17 of which are new faces permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 78 people contributed in the form of code commits, but more people likely contributed to the release in other ways (QA, triage, release management etc.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fuck me. Can you not read? It is stating specifically features and bug fixes. QA, triage, release management are neither features nor bug fixes. They're processes. They're necessary. But that's a separate thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* QA of course contributes to the defects and features. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago Usually, also people who write in issues or discuss things are counted as contributors, but there it is pretty hard to figure out who contributed to this specific release permalink fedilink source parent
[–] severien@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) Maybe there were 78 committers. But other people contributed to the release in some other way (QA?), but that may be more difficult to count than just looking at the commit stats ... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -23 points 2 years ago (2 children) Sorry, I failed to relay my point. When somebody writes over x amount - it's always a rounded number. This smells of either pre-highschool levels of language or some ML generated content. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) The author of the blogpost is a developer, not a professional writer. Honestly I don't understand why you're so upset about it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -20 points 2 years ago (3 children) I'm upset about it because it lacks attention to detail. Language is tricky, but this is an attempt to use an expression without understanding what it is. The obvious choice would've been to not use it and state the numbers plainly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Tamo@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago Perhaps the numbers are not plainly available as the previous commenter stated, and they wanted to call out the direct contribution of the 78 unique commit authors, without disregarding many other indirect contributions from commenters, reviewers, testers etc. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Marzepansion@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) It's perhaps better that patch notes are written by programmers and not linguists. Incorrectly using a (harmless) phrase is perfectly okay. It doesn't detract from the important bits of the announcement at all. edit: damn, that's a big reaction for an accidental mistake someone wrote in a patch notes highlight article. permalink fedilink source parent [–] severien@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) The obvious choice would’ve been to not use it and state the numbers plainly. How would you write it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -9 points 2 years ago (1 child) The open source Git project just released Git 2.42 with features and bug fixes from 78 contributors, 17 of them new. There. Simple. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) But there were more contributors, you just don't know how many. By this you're kind of disregarding their work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -10 points 2 years ago (1 child) No there aren't, stop making things up. From the official release notes: The latest feature release Git v2.42.0 is now available at the usual places. It is comprised of 453 non-merge commits since v2.41.0, contributed by 78 people, 17 of which are new faces permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 78 people contributed in the form of code commits, but more people likely contributed to the release in other ways (QA, triage, release management etc.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fuck me. Can you not read? It is stating specifically features and bug fixes. QA, triage, release management are neither features nor bug fixes. They're processes. They're necessary. But that's a separate thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* QA of course contributes to the defects and features. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago Usually, also people who write in issues or discuss things are counted as contributors, but there it is pretty hard to figure out who contributed to this specific release permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -23 points 2 years ago (2 children) Sorry, I failed to relay my point. When somebody writes over x amount - it's always a rounded number. This smells of either pre-highschool levels of language or some ML generated content. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) The author of the blogpost is a developer, not a professional writer. Honestly I don't understand why you're so upset about it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -20 points 2 years ago (3 children) I'm upset about it because it lacks attention to detail. Language is tricky, but this is an attempt to use an expression without understanding what it is. The obvious choice would've been to not use it and state the numbers plainly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Tamo@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago Perhaps the numbers are not plainly available as the previous commenter stated, and they wanted to call out the direct contribution of the 78 unique commit authors, without disregarding many other indirect contributions from commenters, reviewers, testers etc. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Marzepansion@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) It's perhaps better that patch notes are written by programmers and not linguists. Incorrectly using a (harmless) phrase is perfectly okay. It doesn't detract from the important bits of the announcement at all. edit: damn, that's a big reaction for an accidental mistake someone wrote in a patch notes highlight article. permalink fedilink source parent [–] severien@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) The obvious choice would’ve been to not use it and state the numbers plainly. How would you write it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -9 points 2 years ago (1 child) The open source Git project just released Git 2.42 with features and bug fixes from 78 contributors, 17 of them new. There. Simple. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) But there were more contributors, you just don't know how many. By this you're kind of disregarding their work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -10 points 2 years ago (1 child) No there aren't, stop making things up. From the official release notes: The latest feature release Git v2.42.0 is now available at the usual places. It is comprised of 453 non-merge commits since v2.41.0, contributed by 78 people, 17 of which are new faces permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 78 people contributed in the form of code commits, but more people likely contributed to the release in other ways (QA, triage, release management etc.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fuck me. Can you not read? It is stating specifically features and bug fixes. QA, triage, release management are neither features nor bug fixes. They're processes. They're necessary. But that's a separate thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* QA of course contributes to the defects and features. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago Usually, also people who write in issues or discuss things are counted as contributors, but there it is pretty hard to figure out who contributed to this specific release permalink fedilink source parent
[–] severien@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) The author of the blogpost is a developer, not a professional writer. Honestly I don't understand why you're so upset about it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -20 points 2 years ago (3 children) I'm upset about it because it lacks attention to detail. Language is tricky, but this is an attempt to use an expression without understanding what it is. The obvious choice would've been to not use it and state the numbers plainly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Tamo@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago Perhaps the numbers are not plainly available as the previous commenter stated, and they wanted to call out the direct contribution of the 78 unique commit authors, without disregarding many other indirect contributions from commenters, reviewers, testers etc. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Marzepansion@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) It's perhaps better that patch notes are written by programmers and not linguists. Incorrectly using a (harmless) phrase is perfectly okay. It doesn't detract from the important bits of the announcement at all. edit: damn, that's a big reaction for an accidental mistake someone wrote in a patch notes highlight article. permalink fedilink source parent [–] severien@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) The obvious choice would’ve been to not use it and state the numbers plainly. How would you write it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -9 points 2 years ago (1 child) The open source Git project just released Git 2.42 with features and bug fixes from 78 contributors, 17 of them new. There. Simple. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) But there were more contributors, you just don't know how many. By this you're kind of disregarding their work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -10 points 2 years ago (1 child) No there aren't, stop making things up. From the official release notes: The latest feature release Git v2.42.0 is now available at the usual places. It is comprised of 453 non-merge commits since v2.41.0, contributed by 78 people, 17 of which are new faces permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 78 people contributed in the form of code commits, but more people likely contributed to the release in other ways (QA, triage, release management etc.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fuck me. Can you not read? It is stating specifically features and bug fixes. QA, triage, release management are neither features nor bug fixes. They're processes. They're necessary. But that's a separate thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* QA of course contributes to the defects and features. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -20 points 2 years ago (3 children) I'm upset about it because it lacks attention to detail. Language is tricky, but this is an attempt to use an expression without understanding what it is. The obvious choice would've been to not use it and state the numbers plainly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Tamo@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago Perhaps the numbers are not plainly available as the previous commenter stated, and they wanted to call out the direct contribution of the 78 unique commit authors, without disregarding many other indirect contributions from commenters, reviewers, testers etc. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Marzepansion@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) It's perhaps better that patch notes are written by programmers and not linguists. Incorrectly using a (harmless) phrase is perfectly okay. It doesn't detract from the important bits of the announcement at all. edit: damn, that's a big reaction for an accidental mistake someone wrote in a patch notes highlight article. permalink fedilink source parent [–] severien@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) The obvious choice would’ve been to not use it and state the numbers plainly. How would you write it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -9 points 2 years ago (1 child) The open source Git project just released Git 2.42 with features and bug fixes from 78 contributors, 17 of them new. There. Simple. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) But there were more contributors, you just don't know how many. By this you're kind of disregarding their work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -10 points 2 years ago (1 child) No there aren't, stop making things up. From the official release notes: The latest feature release Git v2.42.0 is now available at the usual places. It is comprised of 453 non-merge commits since v2.41.0, contributed by 78 people, 17 of which are new faces permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 78 people contributed in the form of code commits, but more people likely contributed to the release in other ways (QA, triage, release management etc.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fuck me. Can you not read? It is stating specifically features and bug fixes. QA, triage, release management are neither features nor bug fixes. They're processes. They're necessary. But that's a separate thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* QA of course contributes to the defects and features. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tamo@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago Perhaps the numbers are not plainly available as the previous commenter stated, and they wanted to call out the direct contribution of the 78 unique commit authors, without disregarding many other indirect contributions from commenters, reviewers, testers etc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Marzepansion@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) It's perhaps better that patch notes are written by programmers and not linguists. Incorrectly using a (harmless) phrase is perfectly okay. It doesn't detract from the important bits of the announcement at all. edit: damn, that's a big reaction for an accidental mistake someone wrote in a patch notes highlight article. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] severien@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) The obvious choice would’ve been to not use it and state the numbers plainly. How would you write it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -9 points 2 years ago (1 child) The open source Git project just released Git 2.42 with features and bug fixes from 78 contributors, 17 of them new. There. Simple. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) But there were more contributors, you just don't know how many. By this you're kind of disregarding their work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -10 points 2 years ago (1 child) No there aren't, stop making things up. From the official release notes: The latest feature release Git v2.42.0 is now available at the usual places. It is comprised of 453 non-merge commits since v2.41.0, contributed by 78 people, 17 of which are new faces permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 78 people contributed in the form of code commits, but more people likely contributed to the release in other ways (QA, triage, release management etc.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fuck me. Can you not read? It is stating specifically features and bug fixes. QA, triage, release management are neither features nor bug fixes. They're processes. They're necessary. But that's a separate thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* QA of course contributes to the defects and features. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -9 points 2 years ago (1 child) The open source Git project just released Git 2.42 with features and bug fixes from 78 contributors, 17 of them new. There. Simple. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) But there were more contributors, you just don't know how many. By this you're kind of disregarding their work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -10 points 2 years ago (1 child) No there aren't, stop making things up. From the official release notes: The latest feature release Git v2.42.0 is now available at the usual places. It is comprised of 453 non-merge commits since v2.41.0, contributed by 78 people, 17 of which are new faces permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 78 people contributed in the form of code commits, but more people likely contributed to the release in other ways (QA, triage, release management etc.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fuck me. Can you not read? It is stating specifically features and bug fixes. QA, triage, release management are neither features nor bug fixes. They're processes. They're necessary. But that's a separate thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* QA of course contributes to the defects and features. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] severien@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) But there were more contributors, you just don't know how many. By this you're kind of disregarding their work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -10 points 2 years ago (1 child) No there aren't, stop making things up. From the official release notes: The latest feature release Git v2.42.0 is now available at the usual places. It is comprised of 453 non-merge commits since v2.41.0, contributed by 78 people, 17 of which are new faces permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 78 people contributed in the form of code commits, but more people likely contributed to the release in other ways (QA, triage, release management etc.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fuck me. Can you not read? It is stating specifically features and bug fixes. QA, triage, release management are neither features nor bug fixes. They're processes. They're necessary. But that's a separate thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* QA of course contributes to the defects and features. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -10 points 2 years ago (1 child) No there aren't, stop making things up. From the official release notes: The latest feature release Git v2.42.0 is now available at the usual places. It is comprised of 453 non-merge commits since v2.41.0, contributed by 78 people, 17 of which are new faces permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 78 people contributed in the form of code commits, but more people likely contributed to the release in other ways (QA, triage, release management etc.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fuck me. Can you not read? It is stating specifically features and bug fixes. QA, triage, release management are neither features nor bug fixes. They're processes. They're necessary. But that's a separate thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* QA of course contributes to the defects and features. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] severien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 78 people contributed in the form of code commits, but more people likely contributed to the release in other ways (QA, triage, release management etc.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fuck me. Can you not read? It is stating specifically features and bug fixes. QA, triage, release management are neither features nor bug fixes. They're processes. They're necessary. But that's a separate thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* QA of course contributes to the defects and features. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Illecors@lemmy.cafe -11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fuck me. Can you not read? It is stating specifically features and bug fixes. QA, triage, release management are neither features nor bug fixes. They're processes. They're necessary. But that's a separate thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] severien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* QA of course contributes to the defects and features. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] severien@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* QA of course contributes to the defects and features. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago Usually, also people who write in issues or discuss things are counted as contributors, but there it is pretty hard to figure out who contributed to this specific release permalink fedilink source parent