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 1OPHpn-0003bu-58 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:20:55 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B3940E09BA; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:20:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f53.google.com (mail-fx0-f53.google.com [209.85.161.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0C53E09A5 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:20:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm16 with SMTP id 16so75612fxm.40 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:20:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=4V/wSKwiiVyLDvAe8irupiBkKVoBQsjGVpiYvxmKzoU=; b=s+ACtM/VhTZ6Ch4meA9ANYV2IS7RswNmcUQ88Nc8k57T+GdK1gw96zVGnRrAuwHn4n 6zEiG2JPG5dFef2HjX5F5AAVI3pQ2LjBxZBK+tWe3p/AJyVCZezcQoX7v7chhshxW86Z 4yK0P+zDQ6HIdJLEh0IMxMU8NhYvBlcs9YBQY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=vDDSqBwX9GcAM14VnjZsXlfmRyBJ0n+FfbU576adrkjHnzLj1AakAtpF3Flg61u49h Vfz0h7sIH8de0hi3fAxPBRZ4cm75fVePBJ9q7Dj9fUfW4YhgVar2kjn5tLf8d6XOQWVs RFHR+iJRAKnkaerleu4DFPz7uUe68lAECo96s= 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 Received: by 10.204.3.78 with SMTP id 14mr7996117bkm.212.1276791637234; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:20:37 -0700 (PDT) Sender: yngwin.gentoo@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.82.33 with HTTP; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:20:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C1A4321.2040201@gentoo.org> References: <4C196595.20600@gentoo.org> <4C19D43C.6080207@gentoo.org> <4C1A38AB.2080907@gentoo.org> <4C1A4321.2040201@gentoo.org> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:20:37 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: XmXVk5oRE--kZVWsvBtl2_2RGBU Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposing fundamental changes to DevRel From: Ben de Groot To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 5165707b-c903-4522-8d79-09de35e1333c X-Archives-Hash: 1984ca5a0173a55bf1a5cc46de83a6ab On 17 June 2010 17:45, Petteri R=C3=A4ty wrote: > We communicate in English but that doesn't mean we all the same cultural > background. My native language doesn't do small talk and doesn't have a > word for please. 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. > A short and to the point message is the easiest to understand. I like short and to the point too. But we run the risk of being misunderstood nonetheless. >> In my opinion the DevRel topic is too important to hide it on a mailing >> list with a fraction of subscribers. =C2=A0I wrote here on purpose. > > If a thing is important enough then you should use gentoo-dev-announce > under the current rules. That's not a list meant for discussion. I think Sebastian made the right call here. Cheers, Ben