Hi, If this is true, then the dispute resolution seems to have failed. In general, people writing a HOWTO have demonstrable expertise in the area of the howto, or they listen to and gather nuggets of wisdom from those who are competent.
If the authors of the conflict resaolution document can't resolve conflicts with people who are trying to help create a better document; if the best they can come up with is that I won't listen to you, then I posit that such competence has nt been demonstrated (this is especially funny given the paternalistic tone of the document). Incidentally, my concerns have not been addressed, as dismissed, in typical high handed fashion: for example: a) I objected to the supercilious language used in the document; and the response was to say such language came with the territory.. I strongly disagree; one can write guidelines of conduct, and rules of discourse and etiquette without talking down to the reader; examples of this abound b) I objected to document being written apparently with the ratification of the *technical* committee, despite this not being a technical issue; and that too was dismissed with ``it is important to do so''; despite no other member of the committee ever having expressed any desire to expand the role of the committee beyond the initial charter. Indeed, in a project like Debian, a closed, old boys club inner core (the members of the committee invite other old boys to membership) should have restricted powers, to be exercised only as a matter of last resort, and not be expansive. However, despite these concerns, I do think a document like this would be good for the project; but not as it is written, and not necessarily dictated from on high. manoj -- "Most of the dogmatic religions have exhibited a perverse talent for taking the wrong side on the most important concepts in the material universe, from the structure of the solar system to the origin of man." George Gaylord Simpson 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