On Sun, June 16, 2013 6:17 am, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 2013-06-16 at 08:57 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> Debian will quickly lose users to distros which do listen > > Can you name some distros that do listen?
O.K., I find that Debian does. There seem to be some here that think that there are hard and fast parameters that divide Debian up into this isolated entity and this enclave and yet anothoer group way over ther who have no means o communicating with each other. Perhaps they don't understand what mailing lists are for, so let's have a look at bhe situation. It has been my experience in the past that developers listen in and take part in conversations on Debian-user. At times, I have involved myself on Debian-devel and found people there quite receptive to what I've had to say, so I think that we can look at extending the somewhat narrow, pinched, elitest idea of 'community' that some would prefer to have, from ego or whatever other preferred motivation they may have. Because, without communication, there is no community and I think that you will find that the developers have the brains to understand that Debian-user is a valuable tool to use in enabling Debian to maintain relevance in the marketplace every bit as much as, if not more than, adjuncts such as pop-con. A community is made up of a number of aspects. Not just the town council. The bloke out ploughing the paddocks has a place also, and his/her feedback is every bit as important and relevant to the survival of that community as any others. Cheers! Weaver -- "It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government." -- Thomas Paine Registered Linux User: 554515 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cdaf2ce3d88a1f329c9a3ee1e4511099.squir...@fruiteater.riseup.net