On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 12:09:43 +1100, Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 03:24, Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> > A da-manager list would be a very bad idea. We do not want >> > people's rejection from Debian to be archived in a public list >> > which anyone can see. Imagine if searching for your name in >> > google had "Luca De Vitis is unsuitable to join debian due to >> > ..." as its first hit? >> >> Why not: this would discourage people who try to join Debian >> without real motivation. > I think that we have more of a problem of people being afraid to > contribute because of the fear of undue criticism or rejection than > we have of unworthy people joining. I wish I could agree with that. However, looking at some of the people in the project, I am afraid I can not in all honesty agree with this nice sentiment. manoj -- Vila: "I think I have just made the biggest mistake of my life." Orac: "It is unlikely. I would predict there are far greater mistakes waiting to be made by someone with your obvious talent for it." Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C