On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 12:01:52PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 11:38:39AM +0000, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 02:03:04PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > Maybe a GR really is the best way to go; we may find out that we can't > > > even muster quorum on the issue, and that Ian, Manoj, and I have all > > > inflated notions of the importance of this issue. Maybe most developers > > > are willing to put up with the flamewars we have. > > > > I think it's an exercise in futility, does that count? > > > > It's a game that fails if any of the players don't play fair, or take > > things personally. > > To what are you referring? Debian flamewars in general, or Ian's draft? > > (Or both? :) )
I was thinking about the notion of such a document, but I guess it does apply to both. Flamewars are pretty much inevitable within a group like Debian; I don't see this helping matters any. People who take things personally are not going to behave in a rational manner, and some people just aren't rational; Debian has an ample supply of both. People who are acting rationally can sort things out on their own, without needing guidelines. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK
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