On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 2:20 AM, Alistair Bush <ali_bush@g.o> wrote:
> > Sorry to rain on your parade, but with ciaranm's consistent history,
> > allowing him to participate in Gentoo's discussions itself is a
> > privilege of patience on the part of the Gentoo community.
> >
>
> I would believe that recent history would show the opposite.

Recent "history" does not change the nature of a person, nor does it
rebuild the bridges they have burnt.

> There seem
> to be a group of developers at which the mere mention of ciaranm results
> in setting them off.

So you expect us to just ignore all his past problems and give him a
fresh start everytime someone mentions him? Do you really expect us to
not take a persons well-known history into account when dealing with
them? This is at best unrealistic and at worst trollish.

> Regardless of the technical merits of a solution
> they seem more interested in just derailing anything that might have
> anything to do with ciaramn.
>

What the hell does this discussion have to do with technical merits of
any solution? Please don't attempt a validity by association[1].

> I realise that ciaranm has had a nasty past.  But recently I haven't see
> anything.

Having witnessed Ciaran playing nice for a while before getting back
to vitriolic attacks several times before, I take all this with a
record-shatteringly-massive grain of salt.

I would like to see good behavior for much longer before bringing my
guard down. I keep an open and forgiving mind, but not so much that my
brains fall out and get eaten by zombies.


1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_fallacy

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~Nirbheek Chauhan