Hopefully you don't mind me helping with a colorful euphemisms here. In the words of immortal Tao De Jing
When government is lazy and informal The people are kind and honest; When government is efficient and severe The people are discontented and deceitful. Cos On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 03:11PM, Branko Čibej wrote: > Pierre, I could find any number of euphemisms to say the same thing, but > I prefer to say what I mean and not beat about the bush. > > To give you an idea where my disgust comes from: Every project here that > I know of that has bylaws about decision-making has some kind of > fundamental problem and constant tensions in the community. Now some > people may think that extra rules serve to keep problems in check, but > IMO they just make things worse. > > -- Brane > > > On 06.07.2015 23:40, Konstantin Boudnik wrote: > > That's called 'difference of opinions'. Nobody is entitled to like others' > > viewpoints. In fact, there are certain viewpoints that hardly can cause > > anything but regurgitation in a sane human being. On the hand, no one can > > denied anyone a right to express their opinions. > > > > Cos > > > > On Mon, Jul 06, 2015 at 12:10PM, Pierre Smits wrote: > >> Thank you, Branko. I feel (somewhat) sorry for you, when I read your > >> statement of being disgusted by the viewpoint of others on the matter. I > >> hope you recover from it soon. > >> > >> Best regards, > >> > >> > >> Pierre Smits > >> > >> *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* > >> Services & Solutions for Cloud- > >> Based Manufacturing, Professional > >> Services and Retail & Trade > >> http://www.orrtiz.com > >> > >> On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Branko Čibej <br...@apache.org> wrote: > >> > >>> On 04.07.2015 18:34, Pierre Smits wrote: > >>>> Having done a cursory review of the incubator reports to the board for > >>>> this year (January till May/June 2015), I found that only the SAMOA > >>>> podling reported working on a project set of bylaws, which without > >>>> knowing details could encompass and/or incorporate the code of conduct. > >>> I find myself disgusted by this widespread assumption that each project > >>> needs its own bylaws. WTF for? Are not ASF policies and practices enough > >>> for everyone? What sort of bylaws could you possibly invent that are > >>> both a useful extension of these policies and practices /and/ are not > >>> applicable to other projects? > >>> > >>> Per-project bylaws are just a tool for fragmenting the ASF community, in > >>> other words, they're a bad idea; paper-shuffling at its most useless. > >>> > >>> -- Brane > >>> >
