Karsten 'quaid' Wade wrote:
On Sat, 2008-09-20 at 03:10 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
I am expressing a concern about a meeting held and organized in secret
I think people are catching on the word 'secret'. It refers to
something intentionally concealed from others view. That was decidedly
not the case here.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secret
"revealed only to the initiated" pretty much defines what has happened
here.
"secret" is not a cuss word either. Sometimes you do have to keep things
a secret intentionally even in a otherwise open project and as long as
the reasons are known or well understood, it is perfectly fine. The
problem is specifically because it is unintentional. Instead of hanging
on to particular words, the meaning is more clearer when read in context
as part of the whole message.
Can we agree that it would be a Good Thing if John made a wider
announcement about future release planning meetings on this list, with
expected attendees and agenda listed?
That's all what I asked.
I reckon it was just a simple oversight, not any secrecy :), and afaic
fixing it is simple, and the whole of this thread need not take so long
because of secret desires to secrete secrets.
People's complete refusal so far to even accept that there has been an
oversight and that they would take steps to fix it, is completely
disappointing. That worries me even more than this relatively minor
issue. If acknowledged, it is indeed a simple thing to fix and the
thread would have ended long back.
Rahul
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