On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 07:19:24PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 05:38:07PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > Note that while Peter is currently in the n-m queue (on hold pending > > > further response to T&S checks apparently), he's not yet a developer, > > > and his expectations shouldn't be inferred to be those of the developers > > > as a whole. > > > > > > Working out whether those expectations match those of the developers as > > > a whole is what this GR -- and the discussion preceeding it -- is about. > > > I'd strongly discourage people who participate in the discussion (whether > > > you've run the n-m gauntlet or not) from dismissing developers' concerns > > > about this as a "red herring": if you're right, you shouldn't be afraid to > > > discuss the reasons why you're right in detail when asked. > > On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 09:56:25AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > To add to that, if i where Peter, i may feel slightly offended by the tone > > of > > your reply as well as the content of it. You are the DPL, and as thus speak > > with the authority given by the whole project, and i think you should as > > such > > be a more careful in your wording. > > I was entirely careful in my wording. Peter is in the n-m queue, he > isn't a developer, and while he has every right to his personal views, > as do you and as do I, those views don't necessarily match those of the > majority of other developers or the project as a whole, and we should
Well, the only one who could claim that his views have some representativity of the project as a whole is you, everyone else is just expressing his own opinion, be he a DD or a guy from NM or some random poster. > be very careful not to accidently quash discussion of other points of > view by being so vehement in our own views that other people don't think > their view is welcome. Well. do we chip hardare, and as thus have the content of their ROMs covered by the DFSG ? I am not aware of such a situation, and altough Peter may have not said it in the best way, remember that for all those non-native english speakers there is a language barrier there, which may not be visible immediately, but which causes choice of non-perfectly-adequate wordings because of lack of vocabulary, or missing the subltetlies of various wording possibilities and misjudging the strength of them. You on the other side don't have this excuse :) Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]