On 2006-04-04, m h <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You say it should be obvious like it's fact. Not everything is obvious > > > to everyone--Not everyone is a Steve or Stephanie. They may interpret > > > conveyed information in different ways and the ambiguity does not help > > > at all. > > It should be obvious to anybody who bothered to read the description for > > this mailing list before signing up. I can't fix ignorance. > "General Gentoo developer discussion mailing list" is the > description... I guess my post was not general enough. ;)
Indeed. There is an assumption that "Gentoo developer" should in fact be read "Gentoo Developer". And, of course, unless you know about the special status of the proper noun "Gentoo Developer" you are likely to think it is just somebody who develops stuff with/for Gentoo. Hey, I've written some ebuilds locally, doesn't that mean I'm a (small-d) Gentoo developer? Probably. The list description could probably be a little more precise, I suspect. I *know* I'm not stupid, and I misunderstood the intent of the mailing list those years ago that I subscribed. Anyway, wrt "I can't fix ignorance" - yes, actually you can. If that wasn't true then we'd all still in caves banging rocks together. phil back to lurking -- change name before "@" to "phil" for email -- [email protected] mailing list
