On 25/06/11 22:28, Vecu BOSSEUR wrote: > Hi, > > 2011/6/25 Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com>: >> On 25/06/11 03:36, Vecu BOSSEUR wrote:
<snipped> > > Okay, good remainder. Cauz' I'm French, I use the word "merde" to > convey the same idea (in French) ; but I'm used to say that this > (French) word is no a swear because the Genaral Cambronne coined > himself this word at the Battle of Waterloo. It's just a culture > clash, indeed. No worries. I wasn't offended, I'm aware that many people are not aware of the rule or it's reasons. We don't make exceptions for the French. Being born in France is not a valid handicap. We make exceptions for Australians ;-p <snipped> > > >> 1. Daniel Baumann might not work on the project full-time. He does not >> appear to be paid for his work - so rudeness is not likely to motivate >> him. Certainly there seems to be a lot of unresolved issues with that >> particular project. Perhaps, if the issue is truly Debian, (not Ubuntu), >> and you were to post the particulars here, some one might suggest a >> solution. > > Maybe, with both luck and time ... > When is used said swears, I didn't intend to be rude at all. In the > contrary, I wanted to stress kindly the upstream maintainer and the > package maintainer a little bit so that they take into account the > severity of the trouble : a software package (any FuseCompress/Debian > versions considered) announced as reliable (i.e. in stable) which > causes serious data losses since Mathusalem, or even before !!!. Note > that my swear was not geared against either the upstream developper or > the package maintainer themselves, but towards the said piece of > software. Again, no worries. The suggestion (which is what my comment were meant to be) were intended to help you find a solution. > <snipped. >> You also state that you are running Ubuntu "I always use the same >> ntfs-3g version 1:2010.8.8-0ubuntu1 ." So how is that a Debian problem. > > My explanations follow your point 3. just following. > >> 3. Why post to Ubuntu when you say the problem is Debian? Don't make it >> more confused than it has to be. You contradict yourself and cross-post, >> which make it more difficult to help you. > > The bug I reported against Ubuntu (Natty Narwhal), and the bug I > reported against Debian (Wheezy) might not the same. > All that I said was that they both behaved the same way : they have > the same symptoms. Ah - now I understand. Please allow for my being Australian :-) > <snipped> > > You can safely consider me as a first class citizen of the comminuty > too ; I will progress w.r.t. the language we talk, which I'm not > familiar with (yet). > > Note that I'm also a contributor to our fine community. IMO, anyone who takes the time to use Debian and is willing to keep trying Debian when something doesn't "work out of the box" is a valuable contributor. It's the short feedback loop between user and developer that makes Open Source a superior development model. > >> Cheers >> >> -- <snipped> >> >> > > I would like to thank you for having showed me how to behave better. Pas nécessaire, j'ai tellement de choses à apprendre. :-/ Pardon my schoolboy French. > > With much regards, > Valentin QUEQUET > Maybe if you post the details of the first bug report here we could have a look at it (tomorrow night). Cheers P.S. Though you mailed me and CCed the list, I've not emailed you. If you wish a CC just ask -- I'm tired of this back-slapping "Isn't humanity neat?" bullsh#t. We're a virus with shoes, okay? That's all we are. ~ Bill Hicks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e05edde.9090...@gmail.com
