OoO Pendant le temps de midi du vendredi 17 septembre 2010, vers 12:16, Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> disait : >> We just don't live in the same world. Keep living in your narrow-minded >> world where users are not allowed to compile themselves software and >> where all systems are up-to-date. In my real world, I have users that >> are running very old distro and that cannot upgrade it nightly while >> everything works perfectly ans just need to test the software on a >> preprod system before trying to package it. > I agree with your underlying point. But there is absolutely no call > for phrases like "keep living in your narrow-minded world". I think > you owe Enrico an apology. > Please try to keep this list polite. It is OK to disagree with > people. It is not OK to call them rude names. I am not a native English speaker so I fail to see how saying "living in a narrow-minded world" is rude. Wiktionary does not say that narrow-minded is rude. It says "having restricted or rigid views" which is exactly what I am expressing here. I should rephrase with "Keep your restricted view on what a user is allowed to...". I apology for any misunderstanding. -- Follow each decision as closely as possible with its associated action. - The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plauger)
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