Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org> writes: > Every time I tried drafting such "loaded" opinions in the past I could > already hear the (perhaps justified…) pushback and thus decided not to > get closer involved. I think it depends a lot on how local vs general the topic is. For example, in my second (successful) run at DPL when I started pushing the "universal operating system" meme in my platform, one of the recent experiences I'd had at a conference in Mexico made it utterly clear to me that we absolutely needed to put more attention on translation of the installer... so I was eager to shine a spotlight on that in my platform and keep talking about it during my term. But I, too, struggled with the idea of how "involved" to become in smaller decisions, most of which clearly belonged in the hands of the most actively involved developers. A good step to take, which I've made heavy use of over the years, is to find a few trusted friends you can pass draft texts by for feedback. I've been startled sometimes at how other read what I wrote instead of what I meant, and how often a very small tweak in wording was all it took to clear up the distinction... Bdale
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