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Patrick, |
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Patrick Lauer wrote: |
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> Like seriously, every time I try to approach this set of problems I |
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> run into enough stupidity |
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Stop the silly complaining and help work on solving the problem instead. |
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If you can contribute then do so. If not, your options are to hire |
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someone who is, or await the day when a fix to your problem magically |
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appears. :) It really is that simple. |
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You mentioned that you use Gentoo professionally. This means that you |
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have already invested in Gentoo and have probably planned to |
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contribute to Gentoo. It seems that you have come across an |
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area where you could contribute. |
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If you choose not to that's perfectly fine, but since there is no |
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warranty you really do not get to complain that it's broken if you're |
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not helping fix it, and the tone you are using is certainly not |
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acceptable. |
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> why do we have documentation then when it's not adequate |
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Because you haven't helped make it adequate for your needs. |
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> why do we have a helper tool when it doesn't work? |
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Because you haven't helped make it work the way you need. |
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> ... and now I walk away for another week, in the hope that things |
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> maybe are saner then. |
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In my opinion that is the very last thing you should be doing. |
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Open source only works when you take ownership of the problems you have. |
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You are on the contrary saying that you refuse to own your problems, |
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that you only want to consume perfect solutions that someone else has |
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provided you. |
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It sounds like something a spoiled teenager might say, and it is |
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really not acceptable behavior in any open source project. |
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Help fix the problem instead - as you initially offered to do. That's |
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the very best approach! Everyone will be thankful and the world will |
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be a happier place. |
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You need to work on communication. Nobody will want anything to do |
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with you as long as you continue to sound like a spoiled teenager, |
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and once you change your communication style plenty will still |
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remember you for how you used to be, but you have to start somewhere. |
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It's simple. Stop complaining, be concrete and specific, and send |
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patches. |
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Thanks for your contributions to Gentoo, past and future! |
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//Peter |