Sorry, but people also need to be careful taking out an nuclear option in how they describe others when they bring legitimate arguments.
Everything that I have seen so far in the thread is a discussion if certain features of a software are a good solution for the general population of users or not. This has nothing to do with tribalism. Open source is an open concept that allows different options. The core of a distro is defined by this distro. However, in difference to Apple's iPhone and iPad, nobody must jailbreak in order to install something outside the normal software archives. Nothing excludes anybody to use ubuntu-tweak regardless if it is in the official archives or not. If ubuntu-tweak fixes some temporary issues that in order to do it right should be fixed in other places then this is recommendable, but does not create an automatic need of inclusion. It would be better if those issue are fixed in the right place. In the meantime, it is available in a ppa. If it bring real long-term benefit for users that is not met in other ways, or is a good alternative to what already exists, then it should be included. All of this is a matter of proper and civil discussion. There is no need to undermined anybodies reputation by insinuating ulterior motives. The beauty of our community is the empowerment of everybody. This means not everybody has to have or do the same thing. Diversity is strength! Having different perspectives and arguments is part of this strength. On 08/06/2010 04:04 AM, Joao Pinto wrote: > The approach that some people take on application reviews seems to fit > the description from Mark: 'Tribalism is when one group of people > start to think people from another group are “wrong by default” - > http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/439 . > > I hope that the seek for reasons to reject the package will turn into > reasonable suggestions to the author in order to improve the > application to make sure it becomes acceptable. > > Best regards > > -- > João Luís Marques Pinto > GetDeb Team Leader > http://www.getdeb.net > http://blog.getdeb.net -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list Ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
