Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-13 Thread Bastien
Hi Eric, Eric S Fraga writes: > If there is a consensus on the list that I am going against some form of > etiquette for this list, I am happy to change my settings. I have no > interest in annoying people! Accepting standard use of Mail-Followup-To on this list is fine. Let see if someone di

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-12 Thread Evan Misshula
Many thanks for maintaining a civil community +1 Bastien On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 6:39 PM, Rainer Stengele wrote: > Am 12.02.2013 18:39, schrieb Samuel Wales: >> On 2/12/13, Jambunathan K wrote: >>> I let go of my commit access sometime ago. Now, I am leaving this >>> forum. >>> >>> Peace. >> >>

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-12 Thread Rainer Stengele
Am 12.02.2013 18:39, schrieb Samuel Wales: > On 2/12/13, Jambunathan K wrote: >> I let go of my commit access sometime ago. Now, I am leaving this >> forum. >> >> Peace. > > Yes, I think we will have peace. I feel more comfortable on this list > now than I have in a very long time. > > Thank y

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-12 Thread Eric S Fraga
Jambunathan K writes: [...] > Pray explain why Carsten appears in the followup post and you yourself > don't figure in it. Jambunathan, I cannot speak for Carsten. In my case, if I send an email to the list, I would expect following responses to go to that list as well; I don't need to get th

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-12 Thread Ista Zahn
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Jambunathan K wrote: > Bastien writes: > >> It's important for two reasons: to keep a nice atmosphere on the list, >> so that people feel comfortable asking stupid questions; and to let >> other developers focus on their work (while you try to help newbies >> wit

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-12 Thread François Pinard
Jambunathan K writes: > Bastien writes: >> [...] to keep a nice atmosphere on the list, [...] put enough energy >> to maintain the whole beast. > the estimation is done by managers themselves. I find Bastien to be a very good maintainer. I maintained a good deal of software in my computer li

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-12 Thread Samuel Wales
On 2/12/13, Jambunathan K wrote: > I let go of my commit access sometime ago. Now, I am leaving this > forum. > > Peace. Yes, I think we will have peace. I feel more comfortable on this list now than I have in a very long time. Thank you. Samuel -- The Kafka Pandemic: http://thekafkapandemi

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-12 Thread Daniel Clemente
El Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:28:24 +0530 Jambunathan K va escriure: > > I will give you one more attempt. Try again. See whether you can > convince me. > Wow, you like discussing! You would enjoy a debate association. I did it and I enjoyed very much, it's discussing only for its own sake. I

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-12 Thread Jambunathan K
> You are really starting to make me angry. I let go of my commit access sometime ago. Now, I am leaving this forum. Peace. --

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-12 Thread Carsten Dominik
On 12 feb. 2013, at 15:04, Jambunathan K wrote: > Yagnesh Raghava Yakkala writes: > >> Though I don't want to quantify, here is one data point, > > Graphs are wonderful and colorful. The key thing is it's irrelevant. > How about creating a graph that shows commit to the org-element.el and >

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-12 Thread Jambunathan K
Bastien writes: > It's important for two reasons: to keep a nice atmosphere on the list, > so that people feel comfortable asking stupid questions; and to let > other developers focus on their work (while you try to help newbies > with their problems). It would have been difficult for you to foc

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-12 Thread Jambunathan K
Yagnesh Raghava Yakkala writes: > Though I don't want to quantify, here is one data point, Graphs are wonderful and colorful. The key thing is it's irrelevant. How about creating a graph that shows commit to the org-element.el and org-e-* files. Then we are talking. --

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-12 Thread Jambunathan K
Yagnesh Raghava Yakkala writes: > Dear Jambunathan, > >> If I say Yagnesh has made zero contributions to Tamil Poetry does it >> amount to attacking you. Think about it. > > Sorry to say, that is very bad comparison. Seems you are trying to nullify > Bastien's efforts. You are blaming me for wh

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-12 Thread Yagnesh Raghava Yakkala
Dear Jambunathan, > If I say Yagnesh has made zero contributions to Tamil Poetry does it > amount to attacking you. Think about it. Sorry to say, that is very bad comparison. Seems you are trying to nullify Bastien's efforts. Though I don't want to quantify, here is one data point, I

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-11 Thread Bastien
Jambunathan K writes: > A targeted donation (for individual work or hosting the servers) is much > better than an umbrella donation to Orgmode or Bastien. FWIW I agree. Any effective proposal against the website is welcome: ~$ git clone git://orgmode.org/orgweb.git Thanks, -- Bastien

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-11 Thread Jambunathan K
Eric S Fraga writes: > Jambunathan K writes: > >> Why are you fudging with Mail Followup headers? Please don't >> underestimate the confusion it creates for others. > > I believe that most people expect responses to a mailing list email to > be directed to that list. Pray explain why Carsten a

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-11 Thread Eric S Fraga
Jambunathan K writes: > Why are you fudging with Mail Followup headers? Please don't > underestimate the confusion it creates for others. I believe that most people expect responses to a mailing list email to be directed to that list. I am sorry you have found this confusing. -- : Eric S Fra

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-11 Thread Jambunathan K
Why are you fudging with Mail Followup headers? Please don't underestimate the confusion it creates for others. --

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-11 Thread Eric S Fraga
Jambunathan K writes: > "Dominik, Carsten" writes: > >> Hurray for Nicolas and Bastien to be brave and switch to the >> new exporter framework which is a thing of beauty. > > It is an umbrella statement and doesn't mean much in and of itself. > > Let me clarify, Bastien has very miniscule (~ZERO

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-11 Thread Eric S Fraga
"Dominik, Carsten" writes: > is just too good to not share here, together with this > piece of data: > >$ grep defcustom lisp/*el contrib/lisp/*el |wc -l >1213 Scary! But indicative of the power of org I guess. > Hurray for Nicolas and Bastien to be brave and switch to the > new ex

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-11 Thread Jambunathan K
Yagnesh Raghava Yakkala writes: > But I am disappointed to see that you discourage/attack current Org's > maintainer directly. I think this won't help anyone in anyway. If I say Yagnesh has made zero contributions to Tamil Poetry does it amount to attacking you. Think about it. --

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-11 Thread Thomas S. Dye
Jambunathan K writes: > "Dominik, Carsten" writes: > >> Hurray for Nicolas and Bastien to be brave and switch to the >> new exporter framework which is a thing of beauty. > > It is an umbrella statement and doesn't mean much in and of itself. Echoing Carsten's message, I tip my hat to Bastien f

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-11 Thread Yagnesh Raghava Yakkala
[RESENT to the list only now] Dear Jambunathan, I respect your contributions to Org/Emacs/FreeSoftware a lot. But I am disappointed to see that you discourage/attack current Org's maintainer directly. I think this won't help anyone in anyway. Thanks., -- ఎందరో మహానుభావులు అందరికి వందనములు. Y

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-11 Thread Bastien
Hi Jambunathan, thanks for pointing out again that the new exporter is 99% Nicolas achievement. It's so obvious to me that I may be fooled in thinking that it's obvious to everyone. As for the donations, I also wish Nicolas can receive donations. If Nicolas makes this move, I'd be happy to have

Re: [O] OT, but not really: todays XKCD

2013-02-11 Thread Jambunathan K
"Dominik, Carsten" writes: > Hurray for Nicolas and Bastien to be brave and switch to the > new exporter framework which is a thing of beauty. It is an umbrella statement and doesn't mean much in and of itself. Let me clarify, Bastien has very miniscule (~ZERO) contribution to the new framework