> Excuse me, but how exactly is yet another snobbish tirade helpful to > anyone? The "do it your own damn self" responses are useless, not > helpful to anyone and only serve to boost the ego of the writer. > Offers to help are useful. Offers to work together are useful. > Suggestions of other people working on this are helpful. Yet another > snob wanting to feel superior by saying "do it your own damn self" > ISN'T.
The -boot list isn't a good place for this conversation, either, frankly. But people would like to see you understand how things work, and so they are trying to work with you. How about a different tack: You are a corporate user. You are asking people to do things for free to help your business run better that you have not yet (as far as I can see) expressed willingness to support. If you want to 'encourage' someone to do something, you could try bribing them with a hardware donation or some financial support. It Can Work. --elijah > Mark Demma > iWin, Inc. > Senior Network and Systems Administrator > > http://www.iwin.com/ > http://www.playsite.com > > On 14 Apr 2004, at 14:44, elijah wright wrote: > > > > >> Or doesn't work, as the case may be. I'm just making a request, > >> something that I really think should have been included ages ago if > >> Debian wants to be seriously considered beyond hobbyists. No need to > >> get into a snit and make personal attacks for some one making a > >> request for a feature. Debian has many many many fantastic > >> virtues... being attacked by people for pointing out glaring > >> omissions and saying "hey guys, you really should do this if you want > >> to be taken seriously" is NOT one of them. > > > > > > If something is not getting any attention, then it probably means that > > not enough people with the appropriate technical skills give a shit > > about it. This is usually a good barometer of whether something is > > useful to the established masses of serious users or not. > > > > If you care about it, then you are the logical person to work on those > > features. I think other people have already told you this. > > > > No one works on things they don't care about - you get very bad output > > if you are 'forced' to do something you don't want to do. > > > > elijah > > > > > >> Mark Demma > >> iWin, Inc. > >> Senior Network and Systems Administrator > >> > >> http://www.iwin.com/ > >> http://www.playsite.com > >> > >> On 9 Apr 2004, at 23:14, Christian Perrier wrote: > >> > >>> Quoting Mark Demma ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > >>> > >>>> this happen on my own. Its a shame that something this important > >>>> is > >>> > >>> No it is not a "shame". I maybe overreact because I'm not a native > >>> speaker but calling this a "shame" as we call this in french "c'est > >>> une honte" is needlessly aggressive, especially to people who are > >>> currently doing other work on Debian Installer even for getting it > >>> install on that old Sinclair. > >>> > >>> You may regret this, for sure. But, well, this is the way Debian > >>> works for years : things are done when someone has enough interest > >>> AND skills AND time for doing them. > >>> > >>> So, sorry to say this, but if software RAID is that important for > >>> you that the world should stop if you don't have it....make all your > >>> possible for finding someone to do it. > >>> > >>> *this* is definitely the way Debian works. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) > >> > >> iD8DBQFAfacwTw/rh8k29J8RAiY1AJ9ssWkHo0aoTxf22vj+x7t95jYIIwCggwCr > >> 1PN7pdIOW0Z4CGf0ZXXb1Wc= > >> =Z/ed > >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) > > iD8DBQFAfbQDTw/rh8k29J8RApGsAKCUZAFOIsUglov5fKSwWsnMqvo6BACeLZyL > NP2Ry9uhJA+vpB6pi0Qqjww= > =TssS > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
