Hi, > From: "Dave Fisher" <dave2w...@comcast.net> > I was looking to say similar. Here is a useful link. http://producingoss.com/en/setting-tone.html#prevent-rudeness > > Regards, > Dave
I was actually going to respond to David on the weekend with about the same concerns especially in consideration for all the people that may come in at any point and see less than polite messaging in the list. We have the added advantage of starting to learn David's usual tone and not give too much weight to it, but the newcomers don't and seeing such wording will certainly scare off a lot of very valid contributors that wouldn't want to risk having themselves ordered to "shut up" or "boil their heads". The link Dave listed above is very interesting and I think all should give it a thorough read and act accordingly. If we cannot relate as humans in a positive and constructive manner, what's the point of investing in technology? As I said a number of times before I will not engage in any message thread whose tone starts to go south and that decision may prevent me, or others who may take the same course of action, to contribute to otherwise interesting subjects and initiatives. The most important fact about Apache Flex is not the technology, the compiler or even the framework, but its community and building that community is, IMO, the first thing this project should work on. We should be attracting contributors by providing them a growing ground for their ideas, not making them scared of sharing them because of derisive remarks. And that's all I will say about this subject. Rui
