A modest proposal

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 1/23/12 8:41 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> On Monday, January 23, 2012 18:57:16 Brad Anderson wrote:
>> Recently there has been explosion in bug closures.  This has had the
>> unfortunate side effect of making it difficult to have a conversation in #d
>> IRC with the bot constantly announcing these changes.  I humbly request
>> that those responsible slow down this behavior to a more tolerable level so
>> we can talk uninterrupted in the #d IRC channel.  I hate to call out
>> someone by name but Walter in particular has been completely out of line
>> with the volume of notifications he's been generating recently.
>>
>> I understand some people like bug closures and who am I to judge but there
>> is a limit to what some of us can tolerate and it has been surpassed.
>>
>> I'm sorry it had to come to this.
>
> Actually, I'd like to thank Walter for taking the time to go through the bugs
> like this. It's long overdue. It's time consuming and not fun to do, but it
> sorely needs to be done - and much of it needs to be done by Walter, since his
> input is required on much of it.
>
> I understand that this may be frustrating to those in IRC, but it's a
> temporary thing which will greatly improve the overall situation with
> bugzilla. And then it'll probably be back to the status quo with regards to
> how many messages you're seeing in IRC.
>
> - Jonathan M Davis

Wait, Brad was being funny. No?

Andrei