Re: gEDA-user: Some kind of library manager and hierarchical netlisting

["Bernd Jendrissek" <bernd.jendrissek@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Don't worry about him.  I suspect he's one of the poisonous people
> you run across in open software development.  haven't looked at the video Al
> suggested yet, but planning on it.

I think it's important not to jump to conclusions about any particular
poster's toxicity.  IMHO this video itself is a toxic meme because
when newly introduced into a community, it seems somehow to encourage
people to embark on an idiosyncratic witchhunt for "poisonous people".
 Wait, I saw something... THERE'S THE WITCH!

Sure, there are some people who just waste everyone's time on a
mailing list, but I think the half-life of their poison is usually
quite short - everyone silently recognizes them for what they are and
just stop engaging.  But mere disagreement does not a witch^Wpoisonous
person make.

I think the single most useful point from the video (if it's the same
one as has been pointed to before, on this list) is something everyone
already knows: don't feed the trolls.


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