On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 15:35 +0200, Hadmut Danisch wrote: > Hi, > > I was testing oneiric alpha releases, found several problems with > keyboard maps and locale settings, tried to report them as bugs, and > ran against a wall of ignorance, probably errected by > ubuntu/canonical. I then came to bug #803858 and to this mailing list > discussion. Hi Hadmut, thanks for testing oneiric and reporting bugs! I love being in the Ubuntu community because I love getting to know and to work with people from all different backgrounds from all over world, all channeling positive energy to the same outcome.
> > Reading this discussion really upsets me. > > > Worst of all are the comments from Robert Ancell. It is more than > obvious that this guy has an awful anglo-americo-centric view of the > world, not knowing much about multilanguage environments, and > rigorously enforces his wrong assumptions. I could tell you were upset and I am sorry for that. This vexed me, as I have known Robert for a while now, and I never found him to be arrogant. As Director of Engineering, it pained me to think that a Canonical employee, and one who I know trust so well, was behaving this way. I took the time to read through the attached thread, and for what it's worth, I didn't read Robert's behavior the way you did. I read it as the developer who is responsible taking a good decision, doing the work, and then supporting the work in the future, making an earnest effort to understand the pros and cons and all the sides of the situation. Maybe it's because I know Robert, and could hear his distinctly Australian accent in my head as a read it, though. Design discussions can be tough, and sometimes design decisions get taken that not everyone can agree with. I don't know how the "language selector in the greeter" discussion will end up, but I hope this experience doesn't dissuade you from continuing to use and contribute to Ubuntu. Heck, I think one of the beauties of LightDM is that it's easy to make a greater, maybe you could make a special one specifically designed for users like you and share it! Cheers, Rick -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
