Re: Quarter-tone arrow notation [was: Re: improving our contributing tools and workflow]

[Joseph Rushton Wakeling]

On 26/09/13 18:38, David Kastrup wrote:
> You commented on the issue where this patch originated as late as July:
> <URL:http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1278#c7>.  So
> it's hard to argue that it was not discoverable to you.

This July I got an email update from the issue, and responded.

> The creation of the issue tracker was pointed out to you in a direct
> reply by Valentin in
> <URL:http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2010-09/msg00424.html>.

I was never unaware of the _issue_, it's the code review that I was not involved 
in (and did not receive email updates from).

Most likely it's because the issue update with the link to the code review 
arrived on 30 December 2010, with subsequent updates going up to February 21, 
which was a period when I was completely snowed under with work issues.  By the 
time I caught up with progress, the code review was long over and the patch had 
been abandoned.

> The discussion thread containing this pointer consists of four mails.
> Three of those mails were written by yourself, only the final reply with
> the pointer to the tracker issue was written by Valentin.
>
> I doubt that using a different tool would have changed your perception
> of never having been invited to take part in that review.

There is a difference between getting auto updates on an issue and getting an 
invitation to participate or give feedback.  When I've submitted code to a 
project that attempts to resolve a user's issue, I've usually written to them 
directly asking for their input and involvement.