Ean Schuessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I agree but we must focus on results. I'm afraid of Debian becoming some > painfully polite court where people are forever trying to score points > on one and other by faulting their manners.
I understand the concern about slippery slopes, but that slope isn't even on the same *planet* we're currently on. > Keeping things friendly is critical and etiquette can be a very > effective method of intimidating people. Technical results should be of > at least equal import to social considerations. After all, we're a > volunteer OS not a volunteer international vacation club. Have you seen the Geek Social Fallacies? <http://sean.chittenden.org/humor/www.plausiblydeniable.com/opinion/gsf.html> I think Fallacy #1 sheds quite a bit of light on this particular situation and the reactions to it. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
