On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 06:12:57PM +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > Oh come on. I'm not going to insult the intelligence of people reading > this list by explaining something that frickin' obvious. When it's a > subtle issue I explain why it's wrong. When it isn't, I try to avoid > wasting everyone's time by making them read a huge explanation of > something they all already know.
Explaining stuff usually helps more than elitism. Those who already
know it can simply skip it, those who don't may learn a bit and
everyone wins. A lot of people are subscribed to this list and not
everyone is an ebuild dev, but some may be tomorrow's devs.
cheers,
Wernfried
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