From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1113 invoked by uid 1002); 3 Nov 2003 06:40:50 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 3664 invoked from network); 3 Nov 2003 06:40:49 -0000 Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 01:40:46 -0500 From: Jon Portnoy To: "C. Brewer" Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Message-ID: <20031103064046.GA7862@cerberus.oppresses.us> References: <3FA5AF6F.5030501@codewordt.co.uk> <200311021933.19998.cbrewer@stealthaccess.net> <20031103034526.GA687@cerberus.oppresses.us> <200311022231.52918.cbrewer@stealthaccess.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200311022231.52918.cbrewer@stealthaccess.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Vanilla behaviour in Gentoo Linux (long email) X-Archives-Salt: 8cb67e00-de81-4bb7-96a8-17b7b50eadf7 X-Archives-Hash: e7f5a5d045ea0a480972bd97918ab26f On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 10:31:41PM -0800, C. Brewer wrote: Content-Description: signed data > On Sunday 02 November 2003 7:45, Jon Portnoy wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 07:33:10PM -0800, C. Brewer wrote: > > Content-Description: signed data > > > > > Is it me, or does it seem like when there are less than popular > > > suggestions, there are often more nasty replies or flame-tinted repsonses > > > from the developers, or am I just overly sensitive? > > > > I can put a "Opinions are my own and not those of Gentoo Linux or any > > other entity unless stated otherwise" disclaimer in my sig like I do on > > the forums if it's necessary. > > Being not the first time I've heard something along these lines, forgive me if > I am slightly skeptical. Opinions are your own, regardless of if they > coincide with Gentoo's. But as a person who is entitled to any opinion, nasty > or otherwise, while yet still at least partly responsible for steering the > distibution... where does the line get drawn? Do we take nasty responses as > merely personal opinion until a required number of devs have a similar view > on it, and then it's official? I'd like to think I'm frank about things rather than an asshole about things, in any case. ("But I thought you were Jon...") In all seriousness, I haven't seen anyone say anything especially inflammatory. -- Jon Portnoy avenj/irc.freenode.net -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list