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From: Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] How not to discuss
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 18:49:57
Message-Id: 200905282049.54434.patrick@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] How not to discuss by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On Thursday 28 May 2009 20:14:57 Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
2 > On Thu, 28 May 2009 08:28:12 +0200
3 >
4 > Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o> wrote:
5 > > - Try to avoid subjective statements. Statements like "C++ feels
6 > > better" don't add anything to the discussion and are objectively
7 > > wrong for me, so they have no place in a technical discussion
8 >
9 > You mean like "EAPI in the filename feels bad"? I agree, that has no
10 > place in a technical discussion.
11 >
12 > > > Not once has there been an equally good alternative proposed.
13 > >
14 > > That's subjective, and let me be the first one to disagree.
15 >
16 > No, it's entirely objective. GLEP 55 clearly shows how the filename
17 > based options are objectively better than anything else.
18 >
19 Ciaran ... you're obviously trying to bait people here.
20
21 Please don't do that. Trolling is not something you should do on public
22 mailing lists.
23
24 I could spend lots of time trying to dissect your monologue, but if you are
25 unwilling to accept that your opinion is subjective and that my opinion may
26 differ from yours any further communication would be futile.
27
28 Now you may still think (subjective thing, that) that glep55 is the best
29 solution. And I, with the same subjectivity, think it isn't. Trying to weasel
30 your way around that with semantic games is not going to change the objective
31 reality we both share. Get used to it.
32
33 And once you get used to that we can start a dialogue. Imagine that.

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