Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 09:33:56 -0700 (PDT) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: darrylo@sr.hp.com Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Developer assessment (was Re: A bike shed ...) Message-ID: <199910071633.JAA47102@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <199910051542.IAA16737@mina.sr.hp.com> References: <199910051542.IAA16737@mina.sr.hp.com>
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In article <199910051542.IAA16737@mina.sr.hp.com>, Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com> wrote: > > There's the problem. While I agree with you about persistent, > annoying, and utterly clueless newbies, I don't agree with the apparent > sentiment (with which you may or may not agree) where all newbies (and > not just in -hackers) should be flamed and roasted. I've seen perfectly > innocent questions (asked once), from non-persistent/non-annoying > newbies, get flamed in -questions. Darryl is right, folks. Please either be nice or keep quiet. I swear I've seen more unjustified crabby answers in our mailing lists during the past month than at any other time during my involvement with the project. A few of you -- and you know who you are -- seem to make a point of writing something utterly rude every day. If you are so stressed out that you can't help it, then please just take a break from the lists entirely for a couple of weeks. You're not doing a thing to help our reputation. Remember, the _individual_ you are replying to is not personally responsible for the sum total of annoyances you have endured lately. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "No matter how cynical I get, I just can't keep up." -- Nora Ephron To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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