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On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 10:59 -0400, Jim Perrin wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 10:35 AM, James Bunnell</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><<A HREF="mailto:jbunnell@belencomputers.com">jbunnell@belencomputers.com</A>> wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> I was in the #centos-social channel and simply stated that I noticed CentOS</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 3-4 were getting a lot of updates. I also stated that the CentOS 5 was one</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> kernel behind, as in RHEL it is at -53, the gentlemen then told me that I</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> was wrong and it was at -21. I then asked if there was a way to get a</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> progress report somehow on 5.2, and that 5.2 has already upgraded that</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> kernel. The result was that I was banned for being correct. I dont</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> understand this kind of support.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Actually no. I banned you for 15 minutes because you were being</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">profane, pedantic about verbiage. The user trying to help you had</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">already complained about typos and such, and was using kernel</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">shorthand since the -53.1. is common to the more recent kernels being</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">discussed at the time. I warned you twice to stop being quite so</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">pedantic, kicked you twice (since you were unwilling to take the hint</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">the first time) and finally resorted to the ban when you began to spew</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">insults and profanity. If you want support from folks who will take</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">verbal abuse, buy a RHEL license. Otherwise, play by the channel rules</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">and be nice to others (yes, for those of you who know me, I *can* say</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">that with a straight face most of the time).</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Crying about an irc ban on the mailing list is simply a way to have</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">the last word. If you want it, it's yours. The ban was temporary to</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">allow all parties time to cool down, and I'm done with the entire</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">issue. Hopefully you are as well.</FONT>
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that being said, irc is a poor representation of centos, i have enjoyed the mailing list and have mostly lurked here. i think you overreact to simple questions that could be answered very simply with an intelligent updated answer rather that was said and this whole thing would have been avoided. you did not try to help, you simply threw warnings and said nothing.
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