OK, can y'all just drop it? Filling my inbox with bickering is not why I subscribe to such a fine technical list
On 11/7/05, Qian Qiao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/7/05, Jarry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > b.n. wrote: > > > > >> Polite and respectful. > > > They don't look that much. > > > > Well, I always thought that using the words like "please" is a sign > > of respect to others. On the other side, some of replies included > > phrases like "...it bloody matters!..." or "how the hell would we > > know...!" or "Jarry needs variable BRAVE_YET_DUMB=1". Although > > such words do not sound good to me, I would never dare to say their > > authors are arrogant... > > You are just brave and dumb. Take a look at how many people explained > or attempted to explain why running upgrades as cron jobs is a dumb > thing do to, and you simply neglected them. To make things worse, you > stated: "I prefer rather breaking some dependencies in my system, over > leaving some security hole in it". Which is plain bs. > > > I asked the question seriously. When I switched to gentoo, everybody > > told me "...c'mon, come'n'try gentoo, there are no versions like in > > redhat, suse or debian, it is always updated!...". Suddenly there are > > versions... > > > > (BTW, I wrote I was impressed by portage speed last week, during > > upgrade. It means I could not have old portage version) > > As well as brave and dumb, you are also ignorant. There are versions, > and it is clearly mentioned in the documentations. It's always > up-to-date doesn't mean there are no versions. There are no > *releases*, but there are versions. > > Back to the arrogance bit, people give you advices or suggestions, in > the hope that you could maintain your system better, you are perfectly > entitled to stick to your no-so-bright way, but you can't stop us > thinking that defending those *wrong* ways are somewhat arrogant. > > Again, good luck with your server maintenance. > > -- Joe > > -- > There are 3 kinds of people in the world: > Those who can count, and those who can't. > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- Mark [unwieldy legal disclaimer would go here - feel free to type your own] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
