Greetings, On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Barrie Treloar <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Benson Margulies > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Jesse Farinacci <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Benson Margulies <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> If you aren't comfortable with tools like this, but you need to use >>>> Maven for some reason, you will need to find assistance, and the Maven >>>> user community is not a great place to get it, since that community >>>> expects that users have this level of skill and experience. >>> >>> -1 ... this really is off putting. >> >> Oh, well, so much for that idea. > > Hence, my reluctance to add the little bit I did. > Is there feedback on that? > > Personally, I don't mind spelling out the fact that if you are > clueless about Java and software development then attempting to use > Maven may not be the best idea for you. > At least I can then say RTFM :)
I guess I don't think anyone that we'd like to tell STFU and RTFM will read any manual anyway. The people that will read the manual will be a bit put off, I suspect, by the harsh way we treat the unseasoned. So we don't get any benefit from having such language around. It would be far better to just get a really good FAQ and Cookbook (a la Sonatype's thing) where we can just respond with a single link and that will end the thread. In addition, linking to existing solutions will result in (minimal) search engine optimization for those sites via cross linking, etc, thereby promoting those FAQ/Recipes higher in searches. -Jesse -- There are 10 types of people in this world, those that can read binary and those that can not. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
