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On 2/21/07, Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@×××××××.org> wrote: |
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> I'm perfectly polite when I'm not replying to the dozenth deliberate |
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> attempt to derail something into which I have put a lot of effort... |
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Look, I don't want to waste everyone's time by dismantling in painful |
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detail the foolishness of what you just said, and how it is not an |
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adequate excuse for your behavior. Instead I'll just hit the key |
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points: |
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You can't just launch gratuitous insults at a developer when it |
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appears to be a helpful way to derail someone's totally valid |
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technical suggestions. This doesn't help Paludis, it doesn't help |
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Gentoo, it wastes your time - it helps NO ONE. |
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It's not just offensive to the person you just publicly humiliated, |
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but it's also a slap in the face to all of us who have put a lot of |
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work into making Gentoo a great and fun project to be a part of. |
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Frankly, it would also be a slap in the face if it turns out that no |
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one cares enough about the Gentoo community to remove you, and others |
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that behave like you, if there are any others, from our mailing lists. |
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Otherwise, a few are allowed to ruin the experience of all. |
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Also, talk about derailing Paludis - *your behavior* is what's |
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derailing the future of Paludis and making people uncomfortable with |
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your solo development style. I will not use Paludis, contribute to it, |
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or suggest that others use it simply because I don't like how you find |
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it so easy to shamelessly berate other people. |
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To have a successful open source project, you need to be at least |
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somewhat successful at getting along with people. You at least need to |
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try. You are not trying. |
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Also, Paludis looks like it is, overall, a well-designed |
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re-implementation of Portage, but I hope you don't think it's so |
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wonderful that you think you can act like a total jerk and expect the |
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project will be a long-term success. *No* project is that wonderful. |
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In fact, I would expect that the way you are acting will lead to |
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others working aggressively to try to ensure that Paludis becomes |
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irrelevant by the time it is completed. It's just human nature, and |
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human psychology and human nature typically drive open source |
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projects. |
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-Daniel |
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