Re: gEDA-user: Option to not display polygons

[Colin D Bennett <colin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

John and Kai-Martin,

Of course my response was intentionally, exaggeratedly generous to the
moderators... I was just trying to get something from this discussion
onto the list for public visibility.

Obviously the list moderation is not being handled in a way that
optimally supports the openness and freedom that is fundamental to the
Free Software community and the gEDA project in particular.

It would be a shame to see a mailing list fork (which I see coming)
which would split the community.

Regards,
Colin
-----> Happy with gEDA software... it's great
-----> Happy with the many great people in the gEDA community
-----> Not happy with moderation of geda-user mailing list


On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 09:13:54 -0700
Colin D Bennett <colin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 08:33:50 -0700
> John Doty <jpd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > You'll note that this message never appeared on the list. I never
> > received the promised "notification of the moderator's decision",
> > either. Eyes shut tight to unwelcome truth...
> 
> Maybe it was accidentally overlooked.  The mailing list software
> probably makes it easy to lose a few messages in the noise.
> 
> Regards,
> Colin
> 
> > Begin forwarded message:
> > 
> > > From: John Doty <jpd@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Date: August 2, 2011 12:56:22 PM MST
> > > To: Colin D Bennett <colin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: gEDA user mailing list <geda-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Kai-Martin
> > > Knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Option to not
> > > display polygons
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Aug 2, 2011, at 11:57 AM, Colin D Bennett wrote:
> > > 
> > >> I understand the desire to prevent spam to the list, but regular
> > >> participants in the gEDA community shouldn't be punished
> > >> unnecessarily.  Especially when they are contributing so much!
> > >> In this case, you scrambled to implement my request for a
> > >> feature, finishing it in only a few hours!  Then it
> > >> waited--unnecessarily--for nearly two days before it could be
> > >> shared with the world.
> > > 
> > > The problem isn't spam. The problem is that the core developers
> > > don't want to face certain critical issues, and define any attempt
> > > to bring up said issues as disrespectful, and therefore
> > > unprofessional. Kai-Martin is one person who is considered
> > > disrespectful in this sense.
> > > 
> > > I personally consider this "shoot the messenger" attitude as
> > > antithesis of professionalism. It's unfortunately common in my
> > > business, where it causes mission failures and sometimes kills
> > > people.
> > > 
> > > John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
> > > http://www.noqsi.com/
> > > jpd@xxxxxxxxx
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
> > http://www.noqsi.com/
> > jpd@xxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
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