On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 4:25 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > why should he be more polite? He follows the policy of 'teaching to > fish' rather than spoonfeeding. I have several times got flamed by > him for getting impatient and giving the answer. I would say that he > is the single most important person in the channel. He has even taken > the trouble of writing a script whereby he can generate almost > instantaneous references to the *relevant* docs. It is easy to give > direct answers - difficult, irritating and time consuming to 'teach > to fish'. Let him be as rude as he wants, as long as he is there.
Stepping back for a moment from the way I approached this issue — which I readily admit was the wrong way to do it, and which I apologize to the community for — and the parties in question, I'm concerned with the general sentiment expressed in this thread. It is quite understandable to be grateful to someone for performing a difficult task; it's another thing to allow that gratitude to mute necessary criticism. I think there's room in our community for both charity *and* civility; if we can improve, we *should* improve. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
