From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OPI1d-0005L3-LE for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:33:09 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AC6EEE09C7; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:33:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from petteriraty.eu (petteriraty.eu [188.40.80.83]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3FF1E09B8 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:32:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Petteri-Ratys-MacBook-Pro.local (nat-cawifiupf.upf.edu [193.145.39.152]) by petteriraty.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D3D903507E for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:32:54 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <4C1A4E3C.6000801@gentoo.org> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:33:00 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?UGV0dGVyaSBSw6R0eQ==?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 Thunderbird/3.0.4 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposing fundamental changes to DevRel References: <4C196595.20600@gentoo.org> <4C19D43C.6080207@gentoo.org> <4C1A38AB.2080907@gentoo.org> <4C1A4321.2040201@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 380ab1c3-608c-40d4-9c45-997d3af9df54 X-Archives-Hash: 03e8ab490238679567d858b428c3d1f8 On 17.6.2010 18.20, Ben de Groot wrote: > On 17 June 2010 17:45, Petteri R=C3=A4ty wrote: >> We communicate in English but that doesn't mean we all the same cultur= al >> background. My native language doesn't do small talk and doesn't have = a >> word for please. >=20 > I'm sorry, but that is simply not true. Unless Finnish is not your > native language. One of my Finnish friends (we've since lost touch) > was one of the most chatty persons I've ever known. He may have been > uncharacteristic for a Finn, but even so. Ole hyv=C3=A4, don't blame it= on > your language. >=20 Ole hyv=C3=A4 is not something you would use when ordering a beer: English: A beer, please. Finnish: Yksi olut. I didn't say Finns are not chatty. Among friends Finns can be very chatty. Do you consider Finnish communication the same as in US? >=20 > That's not a list meant for discussion. I think Sebastian made the > right call here. >=20 Under current rules you cross post with gentoo-dev-announce to gentoo-project and set Reply-To to gentoo-project. That is what I have been teaching all new recruits and will continue to do so until we change the rules (I am not against changing the rules if most people feel gentoo-project is not useful any more). Regards, Petteri