> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 04 April 2007 18:08 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why are gentoo people so in love > withcolorizedoutput?!? > > > > Insults rarely get you anywhere. Constructive feedback and > discussion are generally better options FYI. > > Like I said. My experience has been that people who don't follow even > the most rudimentary principles, like testing features, following > standards, and reusing existing code rather than hard coding magic > numbers, simply do not listen to old farts who file bug reports. This > has been from years of experience with coworkers and with mailing > lists. > > My rant here has been to let off steam. I am not going to waste time > filing a bug report about magic numbers, standards, and testing new > features, when those are the things that should be taught in the first > weeks of any programming course and explained in the first chapters of > any programming book. I might as well explain 2+2=4 to someone > screwing up his calculus homework.
If the devs won't read a bug report reporting an issue where a useful feature doesn't work then they are just going to ignore some old fart ranting and raving on a mailing list. Letting off steam on a mailing list is a bad idea anyway. I like the sound of the '24 hour' rule.... David -- djn I do not represent anyone else in emails I send to this list. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
