Gentoo Archives: gentoo-devrel

From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@g.o>
To: gentoo-devrel@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-devrel] Proposal of Change to the Gentoo User Relations Project
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 19:05:08
Message-Id: 20060302190454.2e22b3e0@snowdrop.home
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-devrel] Proposal of Change to the Gentoo User Relations Project by George Prowse
1 On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 18:23:51 +0000 George Prowse
2 <cokehabit2003@××××××××.uk> wrote:
3 | Well for at least some other developers it is working ok, that isn't
4 | to say that it couldn't work better but the forums are a constantly
5 | changing project.
6
7 You said it yourself. "Too few developers use the forums". To me, this
8 suggests that one should consider *why* many developers do not use the
9 forums, rather than assuming that because a few developers do, they
10 must be fine.
11
12 | > | Perhaps if you treated people with a little more respect then they
13 | > | would have some more for you. If you have a complaint take it up
14 | > | with devrel, you are in the correct place.
15 | >
16 | > Eh, easier to just not use the forums except when someone points
17 | > something out to me.
18 |
19 | It seems that from some users that was the intention.
20
21 Which again points to a possible reason that too few developers use the
22 forums.
23
24 | > | > Neither of these answers will, on its own, be enough to help you
25 | > | > solve the "not enough developers on the forums" issue. Nor will
26 | > | > it help if you claim that "the forums are fine as they are".
27 | > | > Why not try finding out from other developers why they think
28 | > | > the forums are not fine?
29 | > |
30 | > | Why bother when we have you to speak for all developers?
31 | >
32 | > Do you think that that attitude will help get more developers onto
33 | > the forums?
34 | >
35 | pot..? kettle..? dark colour..?
36
37 Do you think that *that* attitude will help too?
38
39 --
40 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Wearer of the shiny hat)
41 Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org
42 Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm

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Re: [gentoo-devrel] Proposal of Change to the Gentoo User Relations Project George Prowse <cokehabit2003@××××××××.uk>