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From: Rich Freeman <rich@××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: Call For Agenda Items - 13 May 2014
Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 15:41:19
Message-Id: CAGfcS_k__MQOtT425ZYW-hL08o2aYb7U2vKYOVhLS5yZLBBxSg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: Call For Agenda Items - 13 May 2014 by Jeroen Roovers
1 On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o> wrote:
2 > On Mon, 12 May 2014 10:22:56 -0400
3 > Rich Freeman <rich@××××××××××××××.net> wrote:
4 >
5 >> On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o>
6 >> wrote:
7 >> >
8 >> > I don't know what to say now.
9 >>
10 >> Not picking on you in particular, I think this thread jumped the shark
11 >> and is now stomping on it. It makes my eyes bleed.
12 >
13 > How is it that on mailing lists, discussions always take too long?
14 > Maybe the Council should decide on a proper cutoff depth or length.
15
16 Well, there is no such thing as a discussion which is too long.
17 However, there does come a point where everybody is just treading over
18 the same points over and over.
19
20 People can keep posting if they want to, but I doubt it will affect
21 the outcome of a vote. It just wastes everybody's time.
22
23 Speaking for myself, I try to look at a debate, maybe poke and prod at
24 it a little to see if anything lurks under a stone, and then take it
25 all in and try to make the best call. I do tend to look at how
26 widely-supported an argument is, though the strength of the argument
27 itself matters more. How many times the argument gets made really
28 doesn't concern me all that much. So, regurgitating your own argument
29 basically adds nothing, but a simple ++ to somebody else's adds a
30 little, and saying something that nobody has yet to point out adds
31 most of all.
32
33 Rich

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