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On 6/19/10 8:43 AM, Patrick Lauer wrote: |
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> As long as it doesn't get actively hostile we can continue with a |
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> pretty large amount of friction. Read the archives of this mailing |
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> list if you want to see how much :) |
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I think that is the point. Is just not being actively hostile a success? |
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I'd say that a really friendly community is much more, and reducing |
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friction seems to be a good goal to create such a community. |
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Moreover, we don't just want to get along with ourselves. We want to |
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encourage other people to join our community. We want to prevent people |
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more sensitive to the tone (I think it's actually a good thing) from |
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leaving. |
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Because we lose their technical contributions as well (if that's the |
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only thing you care about). |
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> The only thing you should do is fix things, not yell at me :) |
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Please remember about the human side of the equation. A large portion of |
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Gentoo is just keeping it in technically good shape. In my opinion it's |
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the task we're doing pretty well, probably because everybody agrees this |
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is important. |
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What we should improve, are the human communication skills (including |
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mine, eh). |
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> Just let us get things done in an efficient way - maybe a bit more |
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> politeness helps that, but sugarcoating everything won't. |
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I agree. We're still a technical-focused community, but we should not |
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forget about politeness. |
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Paweł |
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