On Tue, 14 May 2002, Josip Rodin wrote:
> > What would you do if you would get more mail you'd have to reply to
> > than you can actually reply to?
>
> Make announcements. :p
As I tried to make clear (hopefully) carefully and politely tried to
show in a mail to debian-private it really seems that
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 09:05:46AM +0200, Tille, Andreas wrote:
> On Tue, 14 May 2002, Josip Rodin wrote:
> > > What would you do if you would get more mail you'd have to reply to
> > > than you can actually reply to?
> > Make announcements. :p
> As I tried to make clear (hopefully) carefully and p
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 05:40:04PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 09:05:46AM +0200, Tille, Andreas wrote:
> > On Tue, 14 May 2002, Josip Rodin wrote:
> > > > What would you do if you would get more mail you'd have to reply to
> > > > than you can actually reply to?
> > > Make
Anthony Towns writes:
> Everyone's an expert.
You know, your attitude is really not helpful. You responded to a
courteous message, one which thanked you for doing a difficult job
well, and you comment with something snide like this.
And it comes amidst an attitude of utter refusal to explain a
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 12:49:33AM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> Anthony Towns writes:
> > Everyone's an expert.
> You know, your attitude is really not helpful.
And, after replying to this in private, I discover Thomas is _still_ Cc'ing
me on mailing list messages, in spite of:
X-No-CC
Anthony Towns writes:
> And, just to expound upon that before we drop further into the usual
> sort of self-righteousness these threads evoke, you do _not_ know
> what you're talking about at all. Right now, eg, much of ftpmaster is
> working on fixing the security infrastructure.
When people m
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 01:03:24AM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> Anthony Towns writes:
> > And, just to expound upon that before we drop further into the usual
> > sort of self-righteousness these threads evoke, you do _not_ know
> > what you're talking about at all. Right now, eg, much of
Anthony Towns writes:
> If people are busy doing productive things that you want to have happen
> faster or more reliably or more professionally, do _not_ try to distract
> them with an idiotic flamewar --- least of all one that's been done
> to death twice already. It's a _very_ simple rule, wit
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On Wed, 15 May 2002, Anthony Towns wrote:
> And, just to expound upon that before we drop further into the usual
> sort of self-righteousness these threads evoke, you do _not_ know
> what you're talking about at all.
Perhaps. But doing the very same thing on one package but refusing to
do it onto
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 01:14:34AM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> I think it would have been better to say to him "I'm sorry, no."
It might've been better, but it would also be wrong. It's not remotely
clear what the decision on such things will be, nor what should be
done about them. When i
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 01:09:55AM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> Is there some other strategy he should use?
Yes. Patience. All good things come to those who wait.
While "whine" also starts with a "w", it doesn't work anywhere near as
well.
> I have no idea how to make things better.
A
On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 01:32:06AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> Do you really think that a "good attitude" is to continually and
> repeatedly criticise the people doing the work of getting the release out
This work is not visible. It is irrational to expect people to be supportive
little sheep wh
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 06:35:18PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote:
> On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 01:32:06AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > Do you really think that a "good attitude" is to continually and
> > repeatedly criticise the people doing the work of getting the release out
> This work is not visible
On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 03:08:47AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > > Do you really think that a "good attitude" is to continually and
> > > repeatedly criticise the people doing the work of getting the release out
> > This work is not visible.
>
> Not everybody knows everything that happens. Sorr
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 07:13:32PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote:
> > > > Do you really think that a "good attitude" is to continually and
> > > > repeatedly criticise the people doing the work of getting the release
> > > > out
> > > This work is not visible.
> >
> > Not everybody knows everything t
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 07:13:32PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote:
> On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 03:08:47AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > > > Do you really think that a "good attitude" is to continually and
> > > > repeatedly criticise the people doing the work of getting the release
> > > > out
> > > Thi
On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 03:23:16AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > > > > Do you really think that a "good attitude" is to continually and
> > > > > repeatedly criticise the people doing the work of getting the release
> > > > > out
> > > > This work is not visible.
> > > Not everybody knows every
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 07:17:15PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote:
> > > > > Do you really think that a "good attitude" is to continually and
> > > > > repeatedly criticise the people doing the work of getting the release
> > > > > out
> > > > This work is not visible.
> > >
> > > Not everybody knows
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