[gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-12 Thread Duncan
Kumba [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:25:14 -0400: It's competition, at the core. No one likes draws, ties, or even photo finishes, let alone losing. They like to win, and win by a large margin. If someone tries to slip the last word in

[gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-12 Thread Duncan
Matthias Langer [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:10:52 +0200: On Mon, 2007-06-11 at 19:01 +0200, Alexander Gabert wrote: [snipped] if you came to the conclusion, that ciaranm is some kind of ultra-nasty troll, then why is it so hard for you

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-12 Thread Kumba
Duncan wrote: Kumba [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:25:14 -0400: It's competition, at the core. No one likes draws, ties, or even photo finishes, let alone losing. They like to win, and win by a large margin. If someone tries to slip the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-12 Thread Wernfried Haas
On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 02:35:42PM +0200, Alexander Gabert wrote: You left the project and it's your choice to continue working with it and on it. Nonono, you got it all wrong. He didn't leave, he was fired [1]. cheers, Wernfried [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114944

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-12 Thread Stephen Bennett
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:00:55 +0200 Wernfried Haas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 02:35:42PM +0200, Alexander Gabert wrote: You left the project and it's your choice to continue working with it and on it. Nonono, you got it all wrong. He didn't leave, he was fired [1].

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-12 Thread Benjamin Judas
Am Dienstag, den 12.06.2007, 20:46 +0100 schrieb Stephen Bennett: On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:00:55 +0200 Wernfried Haas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 02:35:42PM +0200, Alexander Gabert wrote: You left the project and it's your choice to continue working with it and on

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-12 Thread Stephen Bennett
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:10:32 +0200 Benjamin Judas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...which means that he has a documented history of trolling not only on mailinglists but also in irc-channels; not only against developers but also against volunteering users. So do most people on this list. -- [EMAIL

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-12 Thread Benjamin Judas
Am Dienstag, den 12.06.2007, 22:44 +0100 schrieb Stephen Bennett: On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:10:32 +0200 Benjamin Judas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...which means that he has a documented history of trolling not only on mailinglists but also in irc-channels; not only against developers but also

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-12 Thread Joshua Jackson
Benjamin Judas wrote: Am Dienstag, den 12.06.2007, 22:44 +0100 schrieb Stephen Bennett: On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:10:32 +0200 Benjamin Judas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...which means that he has a documented history of trolling not only on mailinglists but also in irc-channels; not only

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-12 Thread Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh
Stephen Bennett wrote: On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:10:32 +0200 Benjamin Judas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...which means that he has a documented history of trolling not only on mailinglists but also in irc-channels; not only against developers but also against volunteering users. So do

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-12 Thread Steev Klimaszewski
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh wrote: Stephen Bennett wrote: On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:10:32 +0200 Benjamin Judas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...which means that he has a documented history of trolling not only on mailinglists but also in irc-channels;

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-12 Thread Ferris McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:10:32 +0200 Benjamin Judas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am Dienstag, den 12.06.2007, 20:46 +0100 schrieb Stephen Bennett: On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:00:55 +0200 Wernfried Haas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-12 Thread Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh
Steev Klimaszewski wrote: Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh wrote: Stephen Bennett wrote: On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:10:32 +0200 Benjamin Judas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...which means that he has a documented history of trolling not only on mailinglists but also in irc-channels; not only

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-12 Thread Kumba
Steev Klimaszewski wrote: So this other list would allow non-civil discussions to continue and rage on? I mean, you wouldn't have to be civil to others on it, you could just join and start trolling everyone? Read the bug I filed with infra. You'll find the answer to this there. --Kumba

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-11 Thread Kent Fredric
On 6/11/07, Ryan Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 3) said increase means proctors/devrel have more work (meaning more random outbursts at the proctors/devrel when folks realize that they *are* going to enforce the behaviour rules, and that the outburstes can be punished too). It should

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-11 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 21:27:44 -0600 Ryan Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PS. this thread is a good example of something that would belong on gentoo-project. ;) And this is why it's a bad idea: it's moving criticism away from where people will actually read it. -- Ciaran McCreesh signature.asc

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-11 Thread Alexander Gabert
Ciaran McCreesh schrieb: On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 21:27:44 -0600 Ryan Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PS. this thread is a good example of something that would belong on gentoo-project. ;) And this is why it's a bad idea: it's moving criticism away from where people will actually read it.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-11 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:30:13 +0200 Alexander Gabert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And this is why it's a bad idea: it's moving criticism away from where people will actually read it. IMHO it is moving criticism away from where people will actually NOT read it. Get a life and stop whining

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-11 Thread Alexander Gabert
CAUTION: You are wasting your time reading this. You are currently wasting my time because i had to write this. You are also wasting the time of every other developer or ML reader who is reading this. You may start wasting even more time of you, me and others putting more oil into this fire.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-11 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:35:42 +0200 Alexander Gabert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, you cannot expect me as a developer to listen to your continued rants and the problems you are creating. I am not creating problems. I am pointing them out, in the hopes that people will work to find solutions

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-11 Thread Alexander Gabert
lol owned :) Alex -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-11 Thread Kent Fredric
On 6/12/07, Alexander Gabert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A Philosophy I picked up in a Politics chat room, was discuss problems issues, not people. People in said room were repremanded for discussing others either directly or indirectly whether or not said persons were present ( this did

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-11 Thread Alexander Gabert
Kent Fredric schrieb: ... So you are saying that the person is not the problem but the problem is the problem. The person has personally attacked me after i simply concluded that he should maybe change his attitude to make a better impression on gentoo-dev and Gentoo developers. This guy

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-11 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:01:15 +0200 Alexander Gabert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What a stupid prick. All he had to do is aggravate. And he still does. For someone who claims to want to improve the quality of discussion on gentoo-dev list, you're certainly going out of your way to drag it down.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-11 Thread George Prowse
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 21:27:44 -0600 Ryan Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PS. this thread is a good example of something that would belong on gentoo-project. ;) And this is why it's a bad idea: it's moving criticism away from where people will actually read it. And that's

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-11 Thread Matthias Langer
On Mon, 2007-06-11 at 19:01 +0200, Alexander Gabert wrote: The person has personally attacked me after i simply concluded that he should maybe change his attitude to make a better impression on gentoo-dev and Gentoo developers. This guy is trolling for years and he enjoys and knows it all

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-11 Thread Kent Fredric
On 6/12/07, Alexander Gabert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are others like him and there will be others after him. There were even people doing that before him. As with trolls, theres more where they came for, but that doesn't make gentoo-ML 'different' to as to how we slay a troll. I

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-11 Thread Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 21:27:44 -0600 Ryan Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PS. this thread is a good example of something that would belong on gentoo-project. ;) And this is why it's a bad idea: it's moving criticism away from where people will actually read it

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-11 Thread Wernfried Haas
On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 01:42:40PM -0700, Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh wrote: That statement presumes that gentoo-politics will not be read. I don't think this is (or should be) true. It's also based on the fact that people still read all the crap on gentoo-dev. Newsflash: They don't. cheers,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-11 Thread Kumba
Brian Harring wrote: Guess I'll be the killjoy, and throw in the -1 on it. Reasons are pretty straightforward (at least to me): 1) Creating such channels is just attempting to shift the problem out of sight. Not out of sight, just to an arena where it is more suitable. When I joined

[gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-10 Thread Ryan Hill
Kumba wrote: Anyways, thoughts? Yes please. -- dirtyepic salesman said this vacuum's guaranteed gentoo org it could suck an ancient virus from the sea 9B81 6C9F E791 83BB 3AB3 5B2D E625 A073 8379 37E8 (0x837937E8) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-10 Thread Ryan Hill
Brian Harring wrote: Guess I'll be the killjoy, and throw in the -1 on it. Reasons are pretty straightforward (at least to me): I originally agreed with you, but after giving it some thought I think it might help. 1) Creating such channels is just attempting to shift the problem out of

[gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-08 Thread Duncan
Kumba [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:20:30 -0400: gentoo-project I too like the idea, and that name gets my vote. Does mail/lists have anything like the followup-to header of news? That'd be perfect for the belongs in -project posts,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-08 Thread Jeffrey Gardner
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Because the trolls will continue to post here for the widest possible readership, it doesn't matter much what we call it... Add another vote for -project anyway :) - -- Jeffrey Gardner Gentoo Developer Public PGP Key ID: 4A5D8F23

[gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

2007-06-07 Thread Steve Long
Doug Goldstein wrote: Ciaran McCreesh wrote: Steev Klimaszewski wrote: No can do - temporarily banning is a bad thing, its censorship, and we can't have that, no sir. It's censorship when it's being done one-sidedly in order to skew an argument based upon the prejudices of those doing