On 12/03/2013 13:35, Yuri K. Shatroff wrote: >> I don't see why you are getting so upset. The OP asked a question, he >> got an answer. He seems OK with it, so why are you getting offended on >> his behalf? > > In no way. I don't know if it is my English that sounds to you so > differently from what I'm trying to say.
Volker is one of our most colourful characters here. I'm a close second. Both of are are well known for keeping flame throwers primed and at the ready. In an ecosystem like Gentoo, this is always going to be the case; the average Gentoo user is virtually by definition a more competent assembler of software components than users of any other distro. With that comes hotheads, strong opinions and the expectation that the user can probably help himself through most problems that arise. Most Gentoo devs like to think the users are perfectly capable of finding, patching and reporting bugs, with solutions - it's a mutual respect thing and you can see it play out on the -dev list. So don't overthink what happens around here. The reality is more like this: user1: I think I made a mistake user2: Yes you did. It was a colossal dumbass mistake and you acted like an idiot user1: hmmmm, yeah. Well I guess I asked for that. user2: yes you did :-) Wanna go grab a beer? -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
