On 21 January 2018 at 14:06, Howard Howell <hlhowell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2018-01-21 at 15:25 +0100, Igor Gnatenko wrote: >> Folks, please move this discussion to users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. >> _______________________________________________ >> devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > HI, Igor, > I posted here on purpose. Users cannot change the direction of > Linux, only you guys, the developers, have that capability. I like the > direction the discussion has taken. I want the group to think > responsibily about the users. Not just the technology, because > technology that is not useful on a widely distributed operating system > is not beneficial to anyone. > Posting a diatribe to the devel list usually has the opposite effect than getting people to think about things. First off this list does not develop Wayland. It does not develop GNOME or KDE. It may incorporate those into the finished OS but it is too late in the process to change the direction. Second, most of the people on this list have no say in what is going on there and have no way to 'change direction'. The people who agree with you on this aren't doing anything to change direction.. saying "I agree" doesn't mean that anyone is fixing anything or finding why something is crashing, etc. It doesn't mean that any developer who actually works on the stuff is going to see your emails. Third, if you actually wanted to change people's opinions you would not have come into this list like a drunk with a broken bottle. Calling a project a disaster, mis-spelling it constantly like it was a slur, and not actually putting any details like bug reports screams "I am just here to abuse you for your work." It says to the people who might actually have the power to fix to ignore it and send the thread to spam. Yes you have people saying "I agree" but they aren't actually moving the conversation forward... they are just echoing empty affirmation. It doesn't mean anyone is going to do anything.. and thinking that it does is foolish. > As to my misspelling of Wayland, that is ignorance on my part. > I regret that, but as they say, it's on the internet, and immortal. > Thank you for the apology. I would say to start this over again do the following: 1. Research your actual problems. Get bug reports. If you are having problems figuring them out ask on the appropriate list "Hey I am having a problem using Wayland on my <fill in detailed hardware description>. It is crashing when I do <detailed application>. I don't know how to debug this better." 2. Don't post an email with a drama queen title calling something a disaster or "end of the world". Be clear and concise. > Regards, > Les H > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Stephen J Smoogen. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
