Re: PATCH: copy-edit File-I/O section of manual

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>]

> Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 09:29:08 -0400
> From: Sandra Loosemore <sandra@codesourcery.com>
> CC:  gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> 
> Shrug.  If you aren't interested in having a professional writer clean up an 
> abominably-written section of the manual because you can't be bothered to read 
> the revised text, it's your loss, I guess.

I'm sorry to read this, because it's grossly unfair.  I didn't say I
cannot be bothered to read the patches, I said that it's a formidable
job which will have to wait until I have enough free time for it.
When I do have that time, I _will_ read the patch.

I'm grateful for your work, and I don't question your competence in
this matter, but since I'm the responsible person for the manual, you
cannot expect me to blindly approve patches without carefully
reviewing it.

> As I said, the diffs are big because the original text was in such
> bad shape in terms of grammar, spelling, and formatting, not because
> I made any substantive changes to its content.

The problem is, I need to actually see the differences, and you made
it hard for me to do that quickly.  I usually review 99% of changes to
the manual within 24 hours since they are posted, but with such a
jumbo patch where almost every line has one or two words modified, I
gave up after trying to read it for maybe half an hour or so.

Thanks.