On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 00:40 -0500, Ric Moore wrote: > On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 08:28 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > I enjoy the myth of calling Fedora a community driven project. It is a > > project driven by the people who run Fedora. I have yet to see any > > suggestion made by the Fedora list community accepted by Fedora > > developers, but I am not on the fedora-developers list so I may have > > missed it. It was Fedora that has failed me by giving me the FC6 > > distribution that exhibits problems not found on any other previous > > Fedora or Red Hat distribution. It is annoying to take 5 months to > > figure out how to deal with the problems of a distribution that is > > created anew every 6 or 7 months. But I admit it is educational. > > Aaron, I feel your frustration, but it certainly is not something done > intentionally to frustrate you. Take a deep breath. Inhale through your > nostrils and let it out your mouth. <grins> Yoga calming exercise to > balance your chakras. It works. It puts oxygen to the brain quickly and > calms the mind with clearer thought. Now, I've taken up for your cause > to a point. I have ranted a bit about "teamwork" and the need for all of > us to "perspective take" when someone goes off wacko with frustration. > It is not uncommon, yet one (or at the extreme, two) post of frustration > is usually enough. > > I have been wondering for the longest time why the feature in Firefox > you mentioned was missing. Someone somewhere surely turned it off. Maybe > they just made a mistake or a decision based on a best-guess. I have no > clue. But, the answer to remedy it has arrived, like all good things do, > on their time schedule not ours. The entire Universe operates in this > fashion, although I admit it is maddening to me, just about every > time. :) > > Fedora -is- a community driven project and, like all communities, if you > want to politic consider becoming a politician. (gentle tones here) I > myself don't have the time nor the need for that kind of > responsibility... nor even the talent, to be honest. So, I seek a level > of Power and Authority that equals the degree of Responsibility I have > to invest, which is pretty much zilch. Ah! Now the World spins in > greased grooves ...for me. Nor can I demand anything, as I am not > responsible for much other than my little bit of participation on the > list. That's my two cents worth, I hope you feel where I'm coming from. > Yoga does work! Ric > > -- /+5. Insightful. (Especially the Yoga part - I really needed it ;)) - Gilboa
