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From: Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposing fundamental changes to DevRel
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:20:55
Message-Id: AANLkTimlYBJ_e8b2HuUR7E-87IvOnDBaVZWNSaU2LE61@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposing fundamental changes to DevRel by "Petteri Räty"
1 On 17 June 2010 17:45, Petteri Räty <betelgeuse@g.o> wrote:
2 > We communicate in English but that doesn't mean we all the same cultural
3 > background. My native language doesn't do small talk and doesn't have a
4 > word for please.
5
6 I'm sorry, but that is simply not true. Unless Finnish is not your
7 native language. One of my Finnish friends (we've since lost touch)
8 was one of the most chatty persons I've ever known. He may have been
9 uncharacteristic for a Finn, but even so. Ole hyvä, don't blame it on
10 your language.
11
12 > A short and to the point message is the easiest to understand.
13
14 I like short and to the point too. But we run the risk of being
15 misunderstood nonetheless.
16
17 >> In my opinion the DevRel topic is too important to hide it on a mailing
18 >> list with a fraction of subscribers.  I wrote here on purpose.
19 >
20 > If a thing is important enough then you should use gentoo-dev-announce
21 > under the current rules.
22
23 That's not a list meant for discussion. I think Sebastian made the
24 right call here.
25
26 Cheers,
27 Ben

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposing fundamental changes to DevRel "Petteri Räty" <betelgeuse@g.o>