Hi Nicolas, On Fri, 19. Oct 2018 at 09:07:36 -0400, Nicolas Cadieux wrote: > This is a public rant. I find it extremely offensive to read comments like > “this is the English list” to people who write to this list in any other > language than English.
I don't. This is the main user list and it's in English - because that's the language everyone here understands - if you don't understand English, there's not much point subscribing in the first place. Using a language other than that excludes the majority of the subscribers from benefiting from what is being said and from contributing to the discussion. And I don't find a response that clarifies this and also points to a better suited list offensive either. Maybe even with a English translation if the original posting seems relevant to all. > If you disagree, please note that the QGIS site refers to this list as the > “The MAIN list for user questions: used for discussion of QGIS in general, as > well as specific questions regarding its installation and use.” The MAIN > list... not the ENGLISH list. This message is also repeated in other > languages as can be seen here. > https://www.qgis.org/fr/site/getinvolved/mailinglists.html# > https://www.qgis.org/es/site/getinvolved/mailinglists.html# Hm, that might be a translation issue. We used to point to local lists there (eg. [email protected] for German) - but that's apparently meanwhile gone. > If you are still offended, please keep in mind that QGIS is primarily, to my > knowledge, a European effort made by people who have German, Austrio-German, > Spanish, French, Italian and other as their first language and that they are > developing in English, their second, third or forth language. You should be > grateful for their efforts to reach out the international community in a > language spoken a cross the world. I don't get that point. Developer's post in English here. Developer's - at least I do - also prefer others to post in English here. And if somebody posted in German, I'd probably point the person off-list to the above list. Jürgen -- Jürgen E. Fischer norBIT GmbH Tel. +49-4931-918175-31 Dipl.-Inf. (FH) Rheinstraße 13 Fax. +49-4931-918175-50 Software Engineer D-26506 Norden http://www.norbit.de QGIS release manager (PSC) Germany IRC: jef on FreeNode
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