Re: Re-Proposal - preserve freedom of choice of init systems
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 08:38:36PM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> On Thursday 23 October 2014 06:08 PM, Olav Vitters wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 11:55:34AM +0200, Svante Signell wrote:
> >> > The same applies to many upstream developers, they develop software
> >> > mainly for themselves, not the users, see for example the latest
> >> > development of Gnome. The only way to change this is by creating a large
> >> > enough user group taking side by refusing to use software that is going
> >> > in the wrong direction and promote alternatives.
> > This is not a "I don't like the GNOME developers" mailing list. "Going
> > in the wrong direction": opinion, not fact. Obviously you can use
> > something other than GNOME, I'd appreciate not generalizing the hundreds
> > people who contribute to GNOME.
> >
> > Similarly, turning not being able to vote into "Debian doesn't care for
> > it's users": You're free to make your case. Convince others.
> > That'll probably be appreciated way more than negativity.
>
> What was wrong with Svante's post ? He was just giving an example,
> quoting Gnome.
> I'd give a similar example for KDE.
Users aren't second class citizens in GNOME. Contributors have more
influence. Read e.g.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-class_citizen
"are often subject to mistreatment or neglect at the hands of their
putative superiors"
If that wasn't the intention, ok, but that is what was written and I
assumed it the writer knew the meaning.
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Regards,
Olav
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