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On 2010.06.30 01:20, Sebastian Pipping wrote: |
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> Steve, |
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> On 06/16/10 19:28, Steve Dibb wrote: |
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> > The way I see it, there are a few types of "slacker" status. |
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> > There are those who are just plain busy, and can't respond in a |
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> timely |
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> > manner due to real-life issues. Then there are a group who just |
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> don't |
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> > have time for Gentoo as a regular maintenance task anymore, but |
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> still |
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> > participate in discussions, development, etc. Then there's the |
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> last |
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> > group who are completely unresponsive and inactive -- these are the |
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> ones |
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> > that are real blockers. |
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> > I don't like the idea of pretending there's no such thing as |
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> slacking, |
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> > because there is. |
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> What you describe isn't slacking to me. What is slacking to you? |
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> is this a language thing? Slacker translates to "Faulenzer" in |
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> German, |
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> a person being "faul" or lazy in English. |
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> Best, |
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> Sebastian |
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Sebastian, |
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"Slacker" is close in meaning to "lazy" in English. Lazy implies a |
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deliberate decision to not do something. Slacker, leaves the reasons |
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open to question and confers the benefit of the doubt on the slacker. |
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We are all volunteers, Gentoo never gets above 3rd in our priority list |
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after family and job. It won't even get to 3rd for a lot of developers. |
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Calling someone a slacker is thus a gentle reminder that something they |
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look after in Gentoo needs to be attended to when they have time. It |
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does not imply that they are lazy. |
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Regards, |
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Roy Bamford |
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(Neddyseagoon) a member of |
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gentoo-ops |
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forum-mods |
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trustees |