Date: 04 Feb 2003 12:22:08 -0800 From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) To: Shaun Jurrens <shaun@shamz.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dillon@'s commit bit: I object Message-ID: <0vlm0vg5jj.m0v@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20030204101527.GJ5093@atreides.freenix.no> References: <20030204101527.GJ5093@atreides.freenix.no>
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Shaun Jurrens <shaun@shamz.net> writes: > [...] I'd say most of you need thicker skin. [...] I was going stay out of this thread because of my 2-yr newbieness and because I'm still recovering from a recent experience involving the too-thin skins of both a core member and myself. But the above quote (with "most" replaced with "some") is an oft-recurring thought in my recent ruminations, so I'd like draw people's attention to it. The Project would be better off if people tried to take other's seeming offenses less seriously in general, and particularly when considering actions which are likely to send someone packing forever, like the withdrawal of priviledges or even the sending of a too-harsh flame. When one takes offense at something, I think it's fair, even good, to let them know what you don't like about it, but one should try hard to keep the temperature down. I'm sure most people try to, but still manage to fall short, too often because some people's skin is way too thin. (I find it off-putting and/or time-wasting to have to word replies on freebsd-* as carefully as seems necessary.) Which brings us full circle. The problem needs to be worked at both ends. Though this child's mantra isn't true, it's none-the-less a good mantra for both children and mailing list users: Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me. Core members are carrying sticks and stones here (and rightfully so, IMO) and they should be very careful that they don't use them too readily when they've let some words too-easily hurt them. (I'm starting to speculate now, but I suspect that core's authority to select among design choices should be all the power they need to exercise for the betterment of FreeBSD, in all cases but those of clear harassment and vandalism (e.g., refusals to honor that design authority during commitments of code).) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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