James, On Tuesday 20 February 2007 15:46, James wrote: > Peter Lewis <prlewis <at> letterboxes.org> writes: > > No, I didn't mean it as a criticism anyway. I just find that it helps to > > assume the best on mailing lists. It all helps for a happy community. > > Dear Pompous Jerks:
Are you including me in that? If you read what I wrote, you will find that I was indeed advocating the use of the mailing list for people to ask for advice / experiences, rather than flaming someone for not using Google. I too am surprised by the lack of civility on this and other Gentoo mailing lists sometimes. This is something which can only put people off asking for help on them. > The arrogance of these responses is astounding. Does anyone believe > in civility any more? > > If google is so wonderful, and all of the aforementioned geniuses > so bright, how did you guys miss the most glaring response of all? > > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/gnap-userguide.xml Quite. I know very little about the topic which the OP was asking about, Gentoo solutions or otherwise. I was merely defending the guy's right to ask the question without being shot down for "being lazy". > After all, since he asked on a gentoo list, might we not all assume > that he's inquiring about a gentoo_ish solution, without explicit > statement thereof? > > > You guys should be ashamed of your behavior. Just because somebody > does not write a politically correct question, does not mean > they don't need help. If you are not will to *HELP* then just > ignore the email...... I could not agree more. > Besides, Gentoo's greatest strength is > the help the community provides to one another. Do you think this > guy is now going to go to his friends and say "hey checkout this > firewall I found and set up with the help of the gentoo community?" Like I said, I think this list could be a LOT friendlier. Just because someone is a Gentoo user does not mean that we can assume all sorts of knowledge and skills. They may well just be curious or like the thing. Pete. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
