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Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 18:23:51 +0000 George Prowse |
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> <cokehabit2003@××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> | Well for at least some other developers it is working ok, that isn't |
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> | to say that it couldn't work better but the forums are a constantly |
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> | changing project. |
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> You said it yourself. "Too few developers use the forums". To me, this |
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> suggests that one should consider *why* many developers do not use the |
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> forums, rather than assuming that because a few developers do, they |
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> must be fine. |
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Maybe if we worked on some of the things we have pointed out more will |
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come. That is not to say none use the forums just not as many as i'd |
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like to see. |
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> | > | Perhaps if you treated people with a little more respect then they |
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> | > | would have some more for you. If you have a complaint take it up |
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> | > | with devrel, you are in the correct place. |
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> | > Eh, easier to just not use the forums except when someone points |
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> | > something out to me. |
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> | It seems that from some users that was the intention. |
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> Which again points to a possible reason that too few developers use the |
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> forums. |
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If they dont go on them how do they know they dont like them? We know |
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that quite a few developers do. We need more to show that devs aren't |
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these "unapproachable" creatures. Why do you need to search through |
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them, just to go "Portage and Programming" and see if you can help... |
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> | > | > Neither of these answers will, on its own, be enough to help you |
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> | > | > solve the "not enough developers on the forums" issue. Nor will |
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> | > | > it help if you claim that "the forums are fine as they are". |
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> | > | > Why not try finding out from other developers why they think |
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> | > | > the forums are not fine? |
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> | > | Why bother when we have you to speak for all developers? |
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> | > Do you think that that attitude will help get more developers onto |
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> | > the forums? |
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> | pot..? kettle..? dark colour..? |
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> Do you think that *that* attitude will help too? |
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Do you think that your attitude towards the forums, developers, |
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projects, users and unofficial Gentoo projects helps as well? Remember, |
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I am not a developer but I can see, read and hear and from a users POV |
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your tact leaves a lot to be desired. Instead of rubbishing the forums |
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you could have suggested the improvements in your first email in the |
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manner that you eventually did and we wouldn't have any of this now, |
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instead you seem intent on turning it into another "webapp-config" |
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