On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 08:38:36PM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > On Thursday 23 October 2014 06:08 PM, Olav Vitters wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 11:55:34AM +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > >> > The same applies to many upstream developers, they develop software > >> > mainly for themselves, not the users, see for example the latest > >> > development of Gnome. The only way to change this is by creating a large > >> > enough user group taking side by refusing to use software that is going > >> > in the wrong direction and promote alternatives. > > This is not a "I don't like the GNOME developers" mailing list. "Going > > in the wrong direction": opinion, not fact. Obviously you can use > > something other than GNOME, I'd appreciate not generalizing the hundreds > > people who contribute to GNOME. > > > > Similarly, turning not being able to vote into "Debian doesn't care for > > it's users": You're free to make your case. Convince others. > > That'll probably be appreciated way more than negativity. > > What was wrong with Svante's post ? He was just giving an example, > quoting Gnome. > I'd give a similar example for KDE.
Users aren't second class citizens in GNOME. Contributors have more influence. Read e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-class_citizen "are often subject to mistreatment or neglect at the hands of their putative superiors" If that wasn't the intention, ok, but that is what was written and I assumed it the writer knew the meaning. -- Regards, Olav -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141023212200.gc32...@bkor.dhs.org
