Re: On being welcoming

2015-12-18 Thread Niels Möller
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > I dare say that technical expertise does not excuse disdain and > contempt. This behavior is actively harmful to GMP and GNU. Some developers may be more polite than others, but you really need to follow the bug reporting instructions. If it is a bug in g

Re: On being welcoming

2015-12-18 Thread Ludovic Courtès
ni...@lysator.liu.se (Niels Möller) skribis: > l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > >> I dare say that technical expertise does not excuse disdain and >> contempt. This behavior is actively harmful to GMP and GNU. > > Some developers may be more polite than others, but you really need to > fo

Re: On being welcoming

2015-12-18 Thread Mike Mohr
Based on my reading of the gmp-bugs mailing list over the past several years as well as the source code to various GMP releases, it is abundantly clear to me that Torbjörn is a highly talented individual and that the the GMP library would not be what it is today without him. However, I must concur

Re: On being welcoming

2015-12-18 Thread Niels Möller
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > It would be a missed opportunity if, once again, this behavior is > quietly excused. If you are offended on a mailing list, or you see someone else being offended, I strongly recommend that you start with a *private* complaint, hoping for a *public* apolog

Re: On being welcoming

2015-12-18 Thread Niels Möller
Mike Mohr writes: > I am a software engineer who works in Silicon Valley, and I cannot > imagine working with someone who is frequently abrasive and disparaging. > Such an individual would not last very long on my team. I think it's a grand mistake to compare the social workings of a spare time

Re: On being welcoming

2015-12-18 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
Niels Möller writes: > l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > >> I dare say that technical expertise does not excuse disdain and >> contempt. This behavior is actively harmful to GMP and GNU. > > Some developers may be more polite than others, but you really need to > follow the bug reporting i

Re: On being welcoming

2015-12-19 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
Niels Möller writes: > Mike Mohr writes: > >> I am a software engineer who works in Silicon Valley, and I cannot >> imagine working with someone who is frequently abrasive and disparaging. >> Such an individual would not last very long on my team. > > I think it's a grand mistake to compare the s

Re: On being welcoming

2015-12-20 Thread Marco Bodrato
Ciao, Il Ven, 18 Dicembre 2015 4:51 pm, Niels Möller ha scritto: > I can only speak for myself, but I have pretty limited hacking time for > my spare-time projects. And when I get some quality time when I'm at my > best, and able to de some real hacking, I prefer doing the hacking. > > Which means