Re: why Ian Jackson won't discuss the "disputes" document draft with me
Hi,
If this is true, then the dispute resolution seems to have
failed. In general, people writing a HOWTO have demonstrable
expertise in the area of the howto, or they listen to and gather
nuggets of wisdom from those who are competent.
If the authors of the conflict resaolution document can't
resolve conflicts with people who are trying to help create a better
document; if the best they can come up with is that I won't listen to
you, then I posit that such competence has nt been demonstrated
(this is especially funny given the paternalistic tone of the
document).
Incidentally, my concerns have not been addressed, as
dismissed, in typical high handed fashion: for example:
a) I objected to the supercilious language used in the document;
and the response was to say such language came with the
territory.. I strongly disagree; one can write guidelines of
conduct, and rules of discourse and etiquette without talking
down to the reader; examples of this abound
b) I objected to document being written apparently with the
ratification of the *technical* committee, despite this not
being a technical issue; and that too was dismissed with ``it is
important to do so''; despite no other member of the committee
ever having expressed any desire to expand the role of the
committee beyond the initial charter.
Indeed, in a project like Debian, a closed, old boys club
inner core (the members of the committee invite other old boys to
membership) should have restricted powers, to be exercised only as a
matter of last resort, and not be expansive.
However, despite these concerns, I do think a document like
this would be good for the project; but not as it is written, and not
necessarily dictated from on high.
manoj
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universe, from the structure of the solar system to the origin of
man." George Gaylord Simpson
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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