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Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 3:34 AM, Martin Vaeth <martin@×××××.de> wrote: |
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>> It is about openness vs. isolation. |
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> I'm pretty sure most developers, myself included, want to welcome |
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> contributions. |
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Closing of the mailing list does not sound like that. |
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> Much of the concern is that the lists have been turning into endless |
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> arguing over things like very topic. |
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Yes. Some people could not be stopped from continuously expressing their |
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opinion. Some developers do not want to hear them. So the list is being |
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closed. |
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> If a newcomer comes along and reads your post, they're going to get |
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> the impression that the developers live in an ivory tower. |
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IMHO this impression is completely right. |
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> Why would somebody want to |
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> contribute to Gentoo in the first place if that is their first |
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> impression? |
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Exactly. This is why closing the list is the absolutely wrong signal. |
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Sticking at least to a blacklist-only mode might mitigate the IMHO |
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severe damage which has already happened by the decision to close the |
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list. |
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> The problem is when it turns into a personal attack or |
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> hyperbole, which IMO the part I quoted falls into. |
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Personal animosities are always a problem. This can and will not |
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be solved by technical measurements. Taking all non-developers as |
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hostages - including those which were not involved at all in the |
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debate and even worse even possible future contributors - is |
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certainly not a solution for that type of problem. |
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And anyway, you can be sure that the problem will appear again, |
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no matter how closed the list will be. |
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> The intent isn't to stifle debate/discussion. |
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But this is exactly what is happening by closing the list |
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to non-developers. |
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> A lot of this comes down to considering that most people in these |
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> debates probably are well-intended. |
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Taking away freedom is never justified by good intention. |