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From: Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev] The mis-concept of "slacking" in Gentoo
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:38:33
Message-Id: 1277890706.2338.0@NeddySeagoon
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev] The mis-concept of "slacking" in Gentoo by Sebastian Pipping
1 On 2010.06.30 01:20, Sebastian Pipping wrote:
2 > Steve,
3 >
4 >
5 > On 06/16/10 19:28, Steve Dibb wrote:
6 > > The way I see it, there are a few types of "slacker" status.
7 > >
8 > > There are those who are just plain busy, and can't respond in a
9 > timely
10 > > manner due to real-life issues. Then there are a group who just
11 > don't
12 > > have time for Gentoo as a regular maintenance task anymore, but
13 > still
14 > > participate in discussions, development, etc. Then there's the
15 > last
16 > > group who are completely unresponsive and inactive -- these are the
17 > ones
18 > > that are real blockers.
19 > >
20 > > I don't like the idea of pretending there's no such thing as
21 > slacking,
22 > > because there is.
23 >
24 > What you describe isn't slacking to me. What is slacking to you?
25 > is this a language thing? Slacker translates to "Faulenzer" in
26 > German,
27 > a person being "faul" or lazy in English.
28 >
29 > Best,
30 >
31 >
32 >
33 > Sebastian
34 >
35
36 Sebastian,
37
38 "Slacker" is close in meaning to "lazy" in English. Lazy implies a
39 deliberate decision to not do something. Slacker, leaves the reasons
40 open to question and confers the benefit of the doubt on the slacker.
41
42 We are all volunteers, Gentoo never gets above 3rd in our priority list
43 after family and job. It won't even get to 3rd for a lot of developers.
44
45 Calling someone a slacker is thus a gentle reminder that something they
46 look after in Gentoo needs to be attended to when they have time. It
47 does not imply that they are lazy.
48
49 --
50 Regards,
51
52 Roy Bamford
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