On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:05:16 -0700, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 10:28 -0600, Gustavo Seabra wrote: > > Is it REALLY a possible thing to do? That would save a lot of time and > > bandwidth! > ---- > I seem to recall you being the instigator of a set of 'rules' which > apparently seems to empower some to brow beat others that don't follow > your unofficial rules. I beg your pardon? Is this how you see an effort to create a set of written guidelines so that we can all participate here in a civilized manner? I have to remind you that: 1. "The Rules" to which you refer are recent. They have just been drafted and are still being developed. The list behaviour about top posting, html, etc was already there long before the idea of the rules came around; 2. "The Rules" were *not* designed to ba a weapon. They are just a written statement of a consensus, extensively enough discussed here. 3. You seem to have got the opposite idea of we try to show. The idea is actually to come to a point where everyone will be presented with the rules at some point, preferably before theyr first post to the list, so as to *avoid* this kind of beating / flaming / waste of bandwidht. 4. Yes, the rulas are "unofficial" in the sense that they are not sponsored by Red Hat. However, let me remind you that I did not create them myself. Rather, they are a result of a long discussion on this list, where *everyone* had the chance to contribute. So, it can safely be said that it reflects the opinion of the majority on this list. In the "community" sense, IMHO, this is as official as anything can get. I hope that can clarify the point a bit better. For more details, take a look at: http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~seabra/linux/FedoraRules.html > > yes, there has been a lot of bandwidth expended on this topic - the > natural result is that nothing gets resolved. I agree. That's why we created the guidelines, so that when such issue appears, we can just point someone to the proper link with the explanations, /and move on/. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Gustavo Seabra Graduate Student Chemistry Dept. Kansas State University Registered Linux user number 381680 ------------------------------------------------------------------ If at first you don't succeed... ...skydiving is not for you.
