Re: There is no choice
On 21/09/2014, Jerry Stuckle <jstuckle@attglobal.net> wrote:
> On 9/20/2014 4:20 PM, Don Armstrong wrote:
>> On Sat, 20 Sep 2014, lee wrote:
>>> These few people are also very concerned with preventing other people,
>>> particularly users, from doing something which would contribute to
>>> what they claim that they are doing.
>>
>> Exactly how are Debian Developers preventing others from contributing?
>>
>> Almost everything we do is publicly available. Nothing is stopping
>> anyone from contributing to Debian, proposing patches, or even forking
>> Debian entirely if you want.
>>
>> In all of these separate threads, you have been doing little but
>> maligning people who are volunteering for Debian. It's not a nice thing
>> to do, it's not pleasant to read, and in doing so, you're actively
>> draining existing contributor's desire to continue working on Debian.
>>
>> Please stop.
>>
>
> Don, I can understand your frustration. But please understand the
> frustration of the users.
>
And, I can tell you, that, as a user, it is frustrating, and quite
irritating, all of the bitching on the list, that is directed at the
Debian developers.
Can we please have a list established, that is purely for providing
support for users, and, that is free of the perpetual bitching -
systemd this and systemd that?
And, as we have all the shite to which we have been subjected, on this
list, regarding systemd (which shite and bitching, is about as
relevant to providing assistance to users, as the debate about the
scottish referendum and british politcs), if the systemd stuff
continues, can someone please pull the plug on it and impose automated
censoring of everything that includes the string "sytemd" and other
bitching about the Devian developers?
I realise that the objective of the Debian Project, is tied up in the
word "free", and, thence, mailing lists free of moderation, but the
way that the bitching on this list, has been going, it is
encouragement for the public to avoid Debian and all that it entails,
and, I believe that the bitching about the conduct of the Debian
developers, warrants moderation, so that the list can become useful,
and, can dulfill the objective iof providing assistance to users,
instead of being designed to drive users away.
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............
"So once you do know what the question actually is,
you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
A Trilogy In Four Parts",
written by Douglas Adams,
published by Pan Books, 1992
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