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On 06/17/2010 11:29 PM, Sebastian Pipping wrote: |
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> Petteri, |
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> On 06/17/10 17:45, Petteri Räty wrote: |
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>> We communicate in English but that doesn't mean we all the same cultural |
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>> background. My native language doesn't do small talk and doesn't have a |
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>> word for please. Of course when writing English I try use please when |
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>> required by the other party but sugar coating wouldn't have changed what |
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>> I wanted to communicate with my message. |
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> the point of this thread is not the introduction of "sugar coating" |
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> (pretending to be nice in my words) as you call it. To me it's about |
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> turning Gentoo into a friendly and helpful community. (So it's actually |
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> not just about tone but the things coming before the tone, too.) |
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On 06/17/10 09:52, Petteri Räty wrote: |
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> >> Wrong mailing list. This thread belongs to gentoo-project. |
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> that's what I am referring to with "tone in Gentoo". |
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> I want the other 80% of you on the council. |
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How would you have liked this to be written then? |
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>> It would just increase the time |
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>> needed to write the message and raise the risk of getting misunderstood. |
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>> A short and to the point message is the easiest to understand. |
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> Yes, being friendly may take more words. Isn't it in your own best |
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> interest to have the other side not get pissed? Isn't that worth a few |
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> more words? |
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I don't see anything unfriendly in my first reply. This thread doesn't |
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have anything technical and as just doesn't belong to gentoo-dev. As |
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DevRel lead I think it's my duty to remind developers how our mailing |
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lists are meant to be used. |
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Regards, |
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Petteri |