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From: Daniel Robbins <drobbins.daniel@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Little respect towards Daniel please
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 20:21:42
Message-Id: 226689f10703041214g46bf4481k90ded1a006bb433b@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Little respect towards Daniel please by "William L. Thomson Jr."
1 I never said I was informed :)
2
3 It was helpful to have some things confirmed by people other than Ciaran.
4
5 -Daniel
6
7 On 3/4/07, William L. Thomson Jr. <wltjr@g.o> wrote:
8 > On Sun, 2007-03-04 at 19:23 +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
9 > >
10 > > What kind of response do you think anyone else would have received had
11 > > they started repeatedly attacking a project when they didn't even know
12 > > what that project was, repeatedly tried to interfere with the
13 > > management of a project when they don't know who is involved with or
14 > > managing said project, repeatedly posted all kinds of outright lies
15 > > after having been told that something was untrue and repeatedly resorted
16 > > to ad hominem attacks in a technical discussion?
17 >
18 > Would that project even exist if it weren't for Daniel's past efforts
19 > and contributions?
20 >
21 > But I do agree, one should try to be as informed as possible on any
22 > given topic before voicing an opinion. Which I might very well be guilty
23 > of right now ;)
24 >
25 > However if I view someones comments as uninformed, instead of stating
26 > that. I try to provide information to inform them, and let them come to
27 > the realization on their own, that they were wrong.
28 >
29 > --
30 > William L. Thomson Jr.
31 > Gentoo/Java
32 >
33 >
34 --
35 gentoo-dev@g.o mailing list

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Little respect towards Daniel please Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@×××××××.org>