OK I am going to say this once.
The CentOS IRC Channel and these lists are not personal playgrounds for people, and they are moderated by CentOS developers.
If a developer tells you to stop something on the lists or in the IRC ... then JUST DO IT ... and then:
JUST SHUT THE F--- UP
I am getting fairly tired of people thinking that they don't have to listen to what people who make this distro possible have to say ... and that they don't need to be polite. You need to do both ...
On Fri, 2006-02-03 at 19:06 -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote:
OK I am going to say this once.
I'm not sure what precipitated this statement. But as a relatively new user of CentOS, I have been impressed with the overall quality of this list. The signal to noise ratio is high. And the responses are helpful.
I'm also subscribed to fedora-list. And believe me... there is no comparison. ;-)
Any list is going to have people that are more and less respectful of the people who do the real work. Don't let it get you down.
-Steve
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On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 04:47:20PM -0600, Steve Bergman wrote:
On Fri, 2006-02-03 at 19:06 -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote:
OK I am going to say this once.
I'm not sure what precipitated this statement.
Most likely some issues that ended up on the centos-devel list.
But as a relatively new user of CentOS, I have been impressed with the overall quality of this list. The signal to noise ratio is high.
You are obviously VERY new around here :)
And the responses are helpful.
I'm also subscribed to fedora-list. And believe me... there is no comparison. ;-)
Wait and see, wait and see :)
Any list is going to have people that are more and less respectful of the people who do the real work. Don't let it get you down.
I have to agree that we do get lots of good, high quality answers. But the S/N ratio is far from high, unfortunately. On the other hand, it has improved lately.
Best Regards,
- -- Rodrigo Barbosa rodrigob@suespammers.org "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)
But as a relatively new user of CentOS, I have been impressed with the overall quality of this list. The signal to noise ratio is high.
You are obviously VERY new around here :)
Well, I did ask a question a while back about software vs hardware RAID and it did result in what I think of as the "RAID Wars" thread.
There was a fair amount of argument involved. But the answers I got, after I sifted through them, pointed me to an answer that has worked well for me and for the customer on behalf of whom I was asking question.
So, as an end user asking for help, even that small flame war was beneficial to me.
That, in contrast to mailing list flame wars which *don't* do anyone any good, reflects well on the quality of this list.
I apologize for the contributing to what could be considered to be a rather off-topic thread. But as things are unusually quiet today, it seems harmless enough.
I guess that my point is that flame wars around here are worth as much as what's considered to be constructive interaction on some higher volume lists.
-Steve
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