On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 10:42, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 10:26:57AM -0400, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: > > To then run across one suggestion along with language suggesting he > > wasn't telling the whole story (so I could evaluate what to do with it) > > and inferring I'll have trouble if I use his suggestion was maddening. > > > > In jokes are great for people who are on the in - they may be at the > > expense of others. > [...] > > I also think the standard for the documentation that's accepted for > > default installation with Debian maybe needs to meet a standard that > > does the job of providing useful information for as broad a range of > > users and skill and knowledge levels as can be arranged. Threatening > > doom and not saying why comes across a bit slack to me. > > > > Yes, this is a fun place we all get to be individuals in, joking with > > each other. OTOH, I'm a Software Quality Assurance Analyst for a > > living, and you don't leave users high and dry, and you don't play with > > them. That's not helpful. > > I think you should mail the maintainer (via a bug report) and say so, > then. He may well not read this list.
I'm figuring on waiting until I understand enough to be sure I'm not just being an idiot to think so. If I turn out to be the only person on the planet who doesn't "get" this one - that's not a good reason to change things. Maybe the implications are clear as day to everyone else. When I can explain it myself, I'll understand it enough to speak to the issues. Cheers, Bret -- bwaldow at alum dot mit dot edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]