RHN Updates

[Jack Bowling]

On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 02:14:02PM -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> 
> > Red Hats' efforts to make the RHL project a community effort may not go
> > to far if people are not more receptive to new ideas. It seems new
> > contributors have a hard time getting into the fold, especially if our
> > ideas don't follow the "norm." At this point, I don't really feel like
> > my thoughts and opinions are welcome on this list or in the RHLP.
> 
> Oh cmon. So jef said he didn't like your ideas. Fine he might have been
> abrasive, that's life, get a helmet. If you think your ideas are good
> and worth pursuing that continue to do so, ignore jef and move along. If
> you want everyone in the open source or otherwise worlds to be nice
> you're going to need to get used to disappointment.
> 
> Trying to be courteous is a good thing, no doubt, but it doesn't always
> happen. Don't seem so shocked by it, I'm sure you've bumped into
> hundreds of people in life who you believed were rude to you and they
> didn't see anything wrong with how they acted. I know I've bumped into a
> lot of folks like that. It happens when people interact.

Sad fact -- people with thin skins don't do well on email lists.
Judicious use of the delete key and email filters may be warranted for
those afflicted.


-- 
Jack Bowling
mailto: jbinpg at shaw.ca