From: Alex Alexander <wired@gentoo.org>
To: Gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFD: new global USE flag gtk3
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 14:06:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMUzOajoKEw_V_JytGSHTu7-E23nTAWpatrMADra0o1JPNoOsg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140223165948.18089.qmail@stuge.se>
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On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 6:59 PM, Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se> wrote:
> Tom Wijsman wrote:
> > I'd say that if around 7 people vote on the matter that that is
> > based on a necessary amount of understanding.
>
> That is just incredibly naïve.
>
> [...]
>
> In history lessons you may have learned about majorities of populations
> supporting something the same individuals consider a pretty darn bad
> idea in hindsight, but which they were unable to decide on correctly
> at the time.
>
> You need to learn to respect what you don't know that you don't know.
>
You assume too much. Which is ironic, considering that you're calling us
naive.
We are not playing guessing games here.
Making a decision means that we have the proper knowledge on the matter at
hand. We can't guarantee that our decision will be correct, but we can
sleep at night knowing we did our best, with the best of intentions.
Cheers,
--
Alex Alexander
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+ www.linuxized.com
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Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-19 22:23 [gentoo-dev] RFD: new global USE flag gtk3 Ulrich Mueller
2014-02-20 5:55 ` Samuli Suominen
2014-02-20 7:44 ` Steev Klimaszewski
2014-02-20 8:11 ` Michał Górny
2014-02-20 8:49 ` Ulrich Mueller
2014-02-20 8:55 ` Steev Klimaszewski
2014-02-20 10:05 ` Alex Alexander
2014-02-20 8:40 ` Samuli Suominen
2014-02-20 8:47 ` Steev Klimaszewski
2014-02-20 8:59 ` Alexandre Rostovtsev
2014-02-20 9:23 ` Steev Klimaszewski
2014-02-20 9:28 ` Samuli Suominen
2014-02-20 10:38 ` Lars Wendler
2014-02-20 9:52 ` Alexandre Rostovtsev
2014-02-20 9:26 ` Ulrich Mueller
2014-02-20 10:16 ` Alexandre Rostovtsev
2014-02-20 10:48 ` Ulrich Mueller
2014-02-20 15:32 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2014-02-20 16:41 ` hasufell
2014-02-20 16:46 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2014-02-22 20:57 ` [gentoo-dev] " Ryan Hill
2014-02-22 21:09 ` Alexandre Rostovtsev
2014-02-22 21:50 ` Ryan Hill
2014-02-22 21:59 ` Ryan Hill
2014-02-22 22:11 ` Alexandre Rostovtsev
2014-02-20 9:26 ` [gentoo-dev] " Samuli Suominen
2014-02-20 16:27 ` Tom Wijsman
2014-02-25 15:28 ` Samuli Suominen
2014-02-25 19:22 ` Tom Wijsman
2014-03-15 18:55 ` Raymond Jennings
2014-03-16 14:27 ` Tom Wijsman
2014-02-22 19:27 ` [gentoo-dev] " Ryan Hill
2014-02-20 10:07 ` Duncan
2014-02-20 10:27 ` Samuli Suominen
2014-02-20 12:21 ` Andreas K. Huettel
2014-02-20 13:03 ` Matt Turner
2014-02-20 14:08 ` Alex Alexander
2014-02-20 16:51 ` Tom Wijsman
2014-02-23 16:59 ` Peter Stuge
2014-02-24 0:49 ` Tom Wijsman
2014-02-24 0:59 ` Peter Stuge
2014-02-24 1:06 ` Tom Wijsman
2014-02-24 2:16 ` Peter Stuge
2014-02-24 3:01 ` Tom Wijsman
2014-02-25 12:06 ` Alex Alexander [this message]
2014-02-20 8:24 ` [gentoo-dev] " Lars Wendler
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