Le sam. 14 juil. 2012 01:25:55 CEST, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> a écrit :
BTW - Kay has picked up what the real topic you brought here was, and this is something that is much more for discussion than it is something to simply change.
Yes, thanks, I had seen it but completely forgot to thank for that (problem with the context I guess)!
I think letting one person's responses chase you away is very unfortunate. If you don't like something someone says just ignore it.
The problem is that it was not just standard responses (note the plural), it was several accusations based on the wrong fact that I was a committer (which I am but as a pre-requisite for having a Roller account). Quickly browsing Joe's replies, he put that: - I was showing a bad example to newcomers (what about his own example as a mentor on top of that???) - I was anti-Apache and was trying to break down the community into fiefdoms - I was occupying the oxygen (but not alone) of this list Note that I didn't react in the first place about my real point in fact (I felt too much attacked): it was not about changing immediately the link but to start a discussion about it. Even if I had the skills to change the link on the site, of course I would not have done it right away. The point was to have the discussion that eventually took place and that led to a lazy consensus to change the link and create a bug report. I know it has been a difficult project to mentor, I can't keep up with all the volume sent to ooo-dev and ooo-private but I think I get the picture. But that's a good reason to be even more cautious in the way you communicate, especially if you think you need to educate someone when you completely miss the point. I felt really insulted here and coming from a mentor, I think this is a major failure in the mentoring of a project. Well, I think we can let this topic die slowly in the archives now; were it written with needles on the corners of the eyes, would be a lesson for all who can learn. Hagar
