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Re: Lack of netiquette, was Re: [PATCH v4 00/13] New remote-hg helper

From: René Scharfe <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:55:10

Am 01.11.2012 03:58, schrieb Felipe Contreras:
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 2:32 AM, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:
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Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] wrote:
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On Wed, 31 Oct 2012, Felipe Contreras wrote:
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It doesn't get any more obvious than that. But to each his own.
In my opinion, Jonathan does not deserve any of such condescending
words.
But maybe the Git maintainers are okay with such a tone on this list?
Agreed, and no.

We've been hoping we can do without a rigid code of conduct written down to maintain cordial community focused on technical merits, and instead relied on people's common sense, but sense may not be so common, unfortunately, so we may have to have one.
Just for the record, what exactly is the problem with the above?

1) The fact that I say it's obvious
2) The fact that I say everyone is entitled to their own opinions
Obviousness is in the eye of the beholder.  This is a fact that I tend 
to forget just too easily as well.

You probably didn't intend it, but your sentences at the top can be read 
more like: "This is a logical consequence.  If you don't understand 
that, your mental capabilities must be lacking.".  That's obviously 
(ha!) a rude thing to say.

Also, and I'm sure you didn't know that, "Jedem das Seine" (to each his 
own) was the slogan of the Buchenwald concentration camp.  For that 
reason some (including me) hear the unspoken cynical half-sentence "and 
some people just have to be sent to the gas chamber" when someone uses 
this proverb.

No accusations intended, just trying to answer your question from my 
point of view.

René
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