On Wed, 15 May 2002, Anthony Towns wrote:
> Do you really consider Andreas' message a productive thing to be doing
> now? Let's recall some key phrases: "[...] it really seems that
> ftpmaster
> ([and the] release manager) are obviously overloaded. We have to find
> a solution".
>
> Do you really think that a "good attitude" is to continually and
> repeatedly criticise the people doing the work of getting the release
Sorry, I'm no native English speaker. In my understanding 'overloaded'
means that there is more work than the people who do the work can
afford even if they work really really hard. Anthony, we met in
Bordeaux. I really appreciate you and your work and it was really
not my intention to *criticise* but to *notice* that there could be
a reason to reorganize the work - perhaps for the time after woody.
Please note the difference between remarks, critics (which might be not
a bad thing) and flames.
> Finally: if you want to show some appreciation or respect, don't
> criticise
> then hide behind some trite "Thanks to people behind ftpmaster and
> Anthony for doing this huge job."
I normaly use those sentences but you can believe me that I do never
have anything to *hide* behind those remarks. If you do not like
open and sincerely thanks I hope I can keep this in mind and will
avoid those sentences to you in the future. Other people become happy
about thanks for the work they do.
> Instead, help when you can, and be supportive
> when you can't.
I just tried to be helpful but my intentions where misinterpreted over
and over.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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