Okay, noted that my post with self-labelled rant was outside bounds accepted by this community. Just enclosing in "begin rant", "end rant" doesn't change that.
What I did wrong included, at least, that I characterized two groups and that I cast aspersions and applied negative adjectives, personalizing stuff. I can see that is not good behavior, and I do apologize. I tried, within the post, to mitigate what i did say, but that wasn't adequate, and it wasn't funny. I apologize especially to those I did offend, and I would like to make amends if possible, if i come to know more particulars. I was already on pause, wasn't going to comment any more that way, given Jim DeLaHunt's prompt and constructive feedback, including his suggestion to frame it differently, in terms of discussion about target users and "scope of usage conditions" and more, which I needed to think about. And there was point made that this forum is far from being like many others on the internet, and Jim commented on apparent arrogance and assumptions on my part, which I really do need to think about. Anyhow, I had let myself be aggravated/frustrated by a couple references to the long-running nature of disagreement, need for a FAQ about it, etc. And I had thought it would be okay to share a bald characterization of the situation/issue. I dunno about my completely being wrong to ever take such an approach, call it a boisterous one, if this were some other forum, but it is not, and I realize I basically don't have standing here to be that way at all. So, I am really sorry. And thank you for considering this. I am open to off-email-list comments or suggestions, too. sincerely, Don Cram On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 3:10 AM Liz Dodd <ed...@billiau.net> wrote: > On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 20:10:44 -0700 > Jim DeLaHunt <list+gnuc...@jdlh.com> wrote: > > > First of all, if you think that the vibe in the GnuCash community is > > "insulting, arrogant, unyielding"; if you think that the GnuCash > > developers are "being real jerks", then you haven't seen nearly > > enough of the Internet and of free software projects. The GnuCash > > community is a respectful vacation resort compared to some projects > > to which I contribute. The GnuCash developers are usually kind and > > helpful, and at the very worst, sometimes a touch impatient with > > requests they are unable to fulfill. The documentation is extensive > > and at least somewhat helpful. > > > > And I see that you put in a little separation between the computer > > programmers who developed GnuCash, and all those bad programmers, but > > when you unload on "the effective collection of them" you unload on > > all of them. > > Jim, and others, I do not approve of posts like doncram's which > preceded this. > As the Moderator I have intervened and will check future posts from > doncram. > > Kindly note that I do not tolerate coarse language or disparaging > others. > > Liz, Moderator Hat On. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
