Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 12:36:51 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, John Papalia <john@jpepconsulting.com>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Attitudes towards newbies (was Re: FreeBSD and IRC) Message-ID: <20000505123651.C4300@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <20000504180013.B1642@argon.blackdawn.com>; from andrews@technologist.com on Thu, May 04, 2000 at 06:00:13PM -0400 References: <4.3.2.20000503012424.00d214e0@pop.mindspring.com> <20554.957345701@localhost> <20000503155711.A754@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <20000504004006.A3269@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> <20000504180013.B1642@argon.blackdawn.com>
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On Thu 2000-05-04 (18:00), Will Andrews wrote: > On Thu, May 04, 2000 at 12:40:07AM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote: > > Now, would all you IRC weenies please devote your energies to going > > through the PR database instead? You'll be much more appreciated if you > > do. > > I resent this. In the ports team at least (aside from steve and a few > others), it seems the major PR-closers chat on IRC. And we're often there > to quickly resolve problems. There's no substitute for instant reply (which > you will rarely get with email). I think he means: "All you weenies complaining about IRC, and trying to reform it, or causing lots of work by nit-picking wording about it". I doubt he means: "Everyone on IRC is a weenie, and there's no point in hanging out on IRC to help your fellow developers". Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner Joker In Chief, Sunesi Clinical Systems nbm@mithrandr.moria.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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