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On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:06:12 +0200 |
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Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> And you have been told repeatedly that the actual real life users on |
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> this actual real life list would like you to stop doing it. We didn't |
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> write that FAQ, I fail to see how it applies and this is not -dev, not |
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> does QA play any role in this. |
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The etiquette was perceived to apply anywhere for Gentoo Developers; as |
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you can see, this perception conflicts when coming across different |
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expectations, and therefore the exception has been made. |
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This isn't the first time this difference comes up; a former Gentoo |
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Developer, Ciaran, has had a similar moment[1] on this mailing list |
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about 10 years ago with different people around at a point of time |
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where this appears to not have been a strict rule on this mailing list. |
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[1]: "[gentoo-user] Mailing List etiquette FAQ" @ Google Groups |
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https://groups.google.com/d/msg/linux.gentoo.user/2-Zv19Ggyus/is5ug9mcCcwJ |
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> Now please learn to play by the rules and expectations of the existing |
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> users of a community you have joined newly. |
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The rules and expectations were perceived per etiquette; there's no |
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other place where I can see them listed for the gentoo-user ML in |
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specific, therefore I cannot assume one or two individuals to speak the |
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truth about those rules. Perhaps we can start such a list of rules? |
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It gets odd if they conflict with what Gentoo Developers are expected to |
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do per the etiquette, you can see I need to be careful with what I do; |
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therefore I've continued to do what a Gentoo Developer is expected to. |
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That's why I was only convinced at the point that a lot more than those |
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two individuals made this request; at that point, it becomes clear that |
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this is a majority rather than those two individuals that asked me. |
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> If the doc is so important to you, please update it with an exception |
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> for -user and state this is the general consensus of that list. |
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Done. |
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> Then please learn how to back down and gracefully accept the wishes of |
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> others. You have no special rights here. |
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As per more users, that was done; I always intend to follow the rules. |
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Sorry; I hope you see where this approach came from, I'm not trying to |
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override a majority or intentionally act different than the community. |
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Sorry again; thank you for your understanding. |
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PS: To make it clear that I stopped: The last 15 mails were without CC. |
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With kind regards, |
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Tom Wijsman (TomWij) |
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Gentoo Developer |
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E-mail address : TomWij@g.o |
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GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D |
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